'His semblable in his mirror': Hamlet and the Imitation of Revenge.

HAMLET (Legendary character); REVENGE in literature; EARLY modern English drama; ELIZABETHAN (Literary period); 17TH century (Literary period)

Discusses the theme of revenge in English dramatist William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet.' Reasons why the character Hamlet is never quite as apt a revenger as either he or the ghost of his father would like; Prevention of Hamlet from enacting his revenge by the ratios that his literary imitations generate.