• What is revenge? What does it do to the avenger? To the villain? To the victim?
• What is the relationship between revenge and justice?
• In which ways does Hamlet fit, and/or stray from, the conventions of revenge tragedy?
• Is the play supportive or critical of revenge, or both?
• How does the act of or desire for revenge affect issues such as: gender, self identity or
mental state, family or romantic relationships, and national identity?