Escapism In Brideshead Revisit

The Obligation To Avenge Is Truly A ‘Cursed Spite’ He Who Ignores It Is A Coward He Who Accepts It Is A Murderer Whilst an audience would feel Hamlet must follow his visceral feelings and exact a bloody revenge, there is also the moral issue that both a viewer and Hamlet must wrestle with in order to make a decision over whether the death of a murdering, ‘incestuous’ Uncle is necessary. From the time the …

…play today however would be sympathetic with Hamlet’s desire but the moral standards applied in the twenty-first century would view the crime as murder and his procrastination would not be cowardly. In this manner, as the title suggests it is ‘a cursed spite’ as he would be scorned upon by both audiences, but at the time Shakespeare wrote the play the audience would welcome Hamlet’s need to fulfill his promise to his father.