Civil Vengeance

What is revenge, and what purpose does it serve? On the early modern English stage, depictions of violence and carnage—the duel between Hamlet and Laertes that leaves nearly everyone dead or the ghastly meal of human remains served at the end of Titus Andronicus—emphasize arresting acts of revenge that upset the social order. Yet the subsequent...

Ce este razbunarea si in ce scop serveste? Pe scena engleza moderna timpurie, descrierile violentei si masacrului - duelul dintre Hamlet si Laertes, care lasa aproape toti mortii sau masa groaznica de ramasite umane servite la sfarsitul lui Titus Andronicus - subliniaza actele de razbunare arestante care au suparat ordinea sociala.