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Revenge in Frankenstein and Hamlet

 

The monster is always lonely since he cannot make friends or talk to anyone without getting them scared. He gets so lonely that he gets mad at Victor for even creating him (139). The monster decides to fight back and starts murdering all of Victor's close relatives and friends, eventually, leaving Victor to feel lonely, just like he did. Since both Hamlet and the monster are revengeful, they are similar. .
             Fortinbras, a character in Hamlet, comes from Norway, a rival of Denmark in the play. He seeks revenge for his father's death, the former King of Norway, after King Hamlet made a bet with him and he wound up losing his life and an important territory of Norway. The way that revenge gets involved with the land of Denmark is because Fortinbras comes to Denmark to claim his revenge. However, Fortinbras does not tell Claudius that he is coming to claim his revenge; rather he tells Claudius that he is going to march through Denmark to get to Poland (4.4.15-23). Similarly, Shelley conveys the theme of revenge in Frankenstein by using the setting.
             "Frankenstein" is set in Geneva, Switzerland. Shelley uses this setting to convey the theme of revenge because the monster wanders around in the Swiss Alps when he figures out that he is lonely and starts murdering Victor's close friends and relatives. Also, in the Swiss Alps, the monster and Victor meet for the first time ever since split in Victor's laboratory when the monster ran away (101). Furthermore, in Geneva, the monster kills his final victim, Elizabeth, on her wedding night. .
             Throughout the plot of Hamlet, Prince Hamlet is planning to claim revenge over his mother and Claudius. In the beginning of the book, it is introduced that King Hamlet, Hamlet's father, dies because of a snake bite. Prince Hamlet does not believe this and eventually finds out that Claudius took part in murdering King Hamlet. Hamlet plans to show his anger towards his mother's actions and Claudius, during a play that he constructs for the court.


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