Hieronimos occupation as the Knight-marshal of Spain links him to the play's key theme, that of justice and revenge. As the protagonist of the play Hieronimo is caught between the extremes of this theme of justice and revenge, that is how one goes about achieving justice in the personal sense when the impersonal legal avenue is block. Act 3 Scene 11 of the Spanish Tragedy marks a shift in the character of Hieronimo, from one who we could empathise almost completely in his quest for justice over the murder of his son Horatio, to one whose motivations are less clear and whose psyche is more frig...

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... 's placing of Stanley above her sister. Therefore arguing that Williams presents love, in this case familial, to be destructive. Their relationship throughout the play is strained; it is in the passage after Blanche's confession of the loss of Belle Reve that Stella starts to understand what actually happened and places Stanley above her. This exacerbates the familial relationship between the sisters ... the vengeful prince due to his state of mind and actions. "Sons & Lovers" has an oedipal theme between Paul and Gertrude, the hatred for his father could be interpreted as a key element ...

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