Greek Drama

Hamlet is a play that dramatizes the spiritual uncertainty and religious confusion of sixteenth century Europe. Shakespeare's play weaves together Christian attitudes toward murder with the classic tenets of revenge tragedy, which can't always be reconciled; this makes the play all the more dramatic and complex.

Influence of Greek literature on Elizabethan Dramas. Drama, derived from the Greek word meaning “action”, is an important genre in literature used to entertain people by real-like performances on a stage known as theatre. It was part of Roman, Greek, and Indian civilization but later spread to other parts of the world.

Inner conflict which occurs in the mind of the hero but in Dr. Faustus we all the time find the hero succumbed in a struggle which is rising in the heart and soul of the hero. This is the very thing which presents a psychological or spiritual conflict in Faustus rather than an external action. Now the question arises when this struggle happens.

Hamlet is a classic revenge tragedy. All the revenge tragedies were popular in England during the late 16th and early 17th. A Shakespearean tragedy is built upon a central conflict which runs through from the beginning to the end of the tragedy until the conflict is finally resolved.

Oedipus Rex is a about role of fate in human life and the king Oedipus is the protagonist, who is victimized by his fate. Oedipus was fixed from birth to someday marry his mother and to murder his father and it was unconditional and inevitably.

In these notes the most important quotations of the play Hamlet, has been described. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet , is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.

Doctor Faustus is the protagonist and tragic hero of Marlowe’s play. He is considered a tragic hero because he brings his own downfall by the end of the play. Doctor Faustus is a contradictory character due to his high ambitions and then his blindness and willingness to waste his power.

The theme of revelry is introduced by the play’s title, Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night refers to the twelfth day after Christmas. This was originally a religious holiday that celebrated the Epiphany, but by Shakespeare’s era, the holiday had taken on a new role as a night of revelry.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man.

In the play Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, Oedipus is the ideal tragic hero because of his character flaws that lead him to his tragic downfall, making it impossible for him to end up in a perfect virtue of happiness, evoking fear and pity from the audience.