... , the violent murder/suicide scenes, and the declining mental state of the protagonist. I. Seneca and the history of revenge tragedy a. One paragraph does not have to be long II. Metatheatricality a. Define metathatricality b. Hieronimo presents a play as a means of confronting Horatio's killers c. Hamlet presents a play as a means of making Claudius feel guilt over his father's death and hopefully making him confess III ... mad with grief and drowns in the river iii. Gertrude drinks from the cup that Claudius intended to kill Hamlet iv. Laertes cuts himself with the poisoned blade inten...

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