"Hamlet" Essay on Revenge.

"If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him."
Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare (I, ii)(1)
Once upon a time, there lived humans who lived in caves, and used sticks and rocks as tools. During this time, there was no need for complex human emotion, or higher level thinking, just the pure, and raw will to live. The law of the land was based on the theories of retribution and revenge - "an eye for an eye." These feelings are considered to be part of basic human nature, something William Shakespeare used to portray in one of his most popular, if n…