Shakespeare and Middleton explore the depth and range of the
human psyche in their
plays, "Hamlet" and "The Revenger's Tragedy." This paper discusses how, through the characters of Hamlet and Vindici, we discover
different motivations to their feelings of
vengeance, illustrating the complexity of human nature as it
relates to revenge. It explains however, that while both plays operate under the same theme of vengeance, they are quite different in terms of how each protagonist is portrayed and how each
Play is received. Hamlet, because he relates his father's death to the state of the world, represents a larger social commentary on mankind while Vindici and his antics represent a play that shocks rather than provokes thought.