Compare and contrast The Spanish Tragedy and Hamlet To what extent are these domestic dramas, and to what extent are they politically charged plays that are concerned with injustice? What is the relationship between these ideas?

Assignment Question

In Anglo-American critical and theatrical traditions, ‘… Hamlet has often been read.. as primarily a domestic drama… while in other parts of the world…Hamlet has been primarily a political play enacting the possibility of dissent from various forms of totalitarianism…’ (Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor, ‘Introduction’ in Thompson and Taylor eds., Hamlet, The Arden Shakespeare, Revised ed, Bloomsbury, 2017, p. 27).

Compare and contrast The Spanish Tragedy and Hamlet To what extent are these domestic dramas, and to what extent are they politically charged plays that are concerned with injustice? What is the relationship between these ideas? Remember that an essay is an argument (not a description): your task is to persuade the reader of your analysis and interpretation of the texts. Quote from your primary texts to support your discussion. When we say ‘discuss’ we mean ‘make an argument using evidence from sources’.

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