Revenge theme in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Mahfouz’s The Thief and The Dogs

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Eurasian Journal of English Language and Literature
Volume:2 Issue:1
Revenge theme in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Mahfouz’s The Thief and The Dogs

Revenge theme in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Mahfouz’s The Thief and The Dogs

Authors : Dulfqar ABDULRAZZAQ

Pages : 92-98

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Publication Date : 2020-05-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study explores the revenge theme in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and Mahfouz’s novel The Thief and The Dogs by discovering similarities and differences between the two works. First, this paper is examining the meaning of the word revenge from a linguistic and social perspective, and gives a brief summary of both works, in addition to a short biography of Naguib Mahfouz and its impact on the novel. Second, this paper demonstrates the elements and reasons that created revenge in both works through the analysis of the texts in detail. Finally, illustrating the political and social dimensions of both workers, and its effect on the individual, which resulted in the tendency to take revenge from the others and the ruling class.
Keywords : Shakespeare, Mahfouz, revenge, Hamlet, The Thief and The Dogs

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