Hamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy

Students read texts, view film and video and conduct research in an analysis and comparison of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the Kabuki piece "Chushingura". They focus their analysis on the theme of revenge.

Concepts

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hamlet, william shakespeare, dramatic plays, plays, tragedies, japanese literature, japanese culture, elizabethan england

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Additional Tags

kabuki theater, shakespeare, english language arts

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Resource Details

Grade

9th - 12th

Subjects

English Language Arts

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

14 days

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Creative Commons

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