Shakespeare and violence

Introduction: 'Exterminate all the brutes'

Shakespeare's culture of violence

Shakespeare and the display of violence

Plays and movies: Richard III and Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare on war: King John to Henry V

Violence, Renaissance tragedy,Introduction: 'Exterminate all the brutes'

Shakespeare's culture of violence

Shakespeare and the display of violence

Plays and movies: Richard III and Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare on war: King John to Henry V

Violence, Renaissance tradgedy, and Hamlet

Central tragedies and violence

Roman violence and power games

Violence and the late plays

Afterword