life Thus the plot is well-matched with the features of a revenge tragedy Shakespeare's Hamlet is slightly different from conventional revenge tragedy It has a sundry touch of unconventional revenge tragedy Sign of ghost The presence of ghosts is an important trait of Shakespearian tragedy It is not only a Shakespearian but also a Senecan tragedy which is mingled with the sign of the ghost The drama opens with the story of the ghost of old Hamlet Barnardo and Francisco have seen the ghost of Old Hamlet but the ghost is unwilling to speak to anyone except Hamlet After hearing this from Horatio Hamlet decides to meet the ghost Then Hamlet meets the ghost and the ghost informs Hamlet that the death of Old Hamlet is not the usual death Claudius kills him and the ghost says to take revenge on Claudius Thus like the Senecan revenge tragedy the ghost has played a vital role in the tragedy of Hamlet to become Hamlet an avenger nbsp The complex attitude of Hero The hero of the Senecan revenge tragedy is serious-minded his only motive is to take revenge on the suspect But in the drama Hamlet the hero Hamlet differs from the conventional hero According to critics the hero of the play possesses mysterious behaviour His madness is a fine example of mystery So from this point of view we can say that Hamlet is not a conventional revenge tragedy Unique dramatic artificiality Shakespeare is most prominent for his literary style Each of his dramas is pregnant with various literary devices The tragedy Hamlet does not differ from this tradition Here we find Shakespeare s artistic excellence such as play within a play the madness of the hero and so on nbsp Several Avengers Usually in a revenge tragedy we find a hero who is concerned about his revenge motive but here we find several characters all trying to take revenge such as Laertes who is the brother of Ophelia and son of Polonius wants to take revenge for the death of his father and the insanity of his sister Hamlet the hero of the tragedy reflects the nature of existence and the internal struggle associated with revenge Hamlet says To be or not to be that is the question Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them Another character Fortinbras wants to take revenge on Denmark for the losses faced by Hamlet's father So we can say that the Tragedy of Hamlet is not a conventional revenge tragedy nbsp In conclusion we can say that Hamlet is not Only a conventional revenge tragedy but also an unconventional revenge tragedy It has some quality of traditionalism and some quality of uniqueness So it can be said that Shakespeare has represented Hamlet as a unique revenge tragedy blending some quality of traditional or Senecan revenge tragedy