The Tragedy of Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, takes place during the Renaissance period. ... Usually the tragic hero of a play lacks description, but luckily during the Renaissance era Humanism was developed. ... Even from the beginning Hamlet was unsure and didn't believe in himself. ...
Seneca who was Roman, basically set all of the ideas and the norms for all revenge play writers in the Renaissance era including William Shakespeare. ... For the dramatists of Renaissance Italy, France and England, classical tragedy meant only the ten Latin plays of Seneca and not Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles. ... The revenge must be the cause of a catastrophe and the beginning of the revenge must start immediately after the crisis. ... In the beginning, Shakespeare sets up the scene, having a ghost on a dark night. ...
These two, judging by costuming and architecture are from the late Medieval period, entering into the early Renaissance. ... In this beginning scene, the positioning of Hamlet is extremely important. In all the film versions, the position of Hamlet at the beginning foreshadows how he will be characterized through the rest of the film. ... However, Fortinbras remains as a distant presence in this film, mentioned almost as an after thought at the beginning and the end. ...
