Francis Bacon, Shakespeare's contemporary, wrote that revenge is a kind of wild
justice. This was not an expression of approbation, since Bacon, a lawyer who rose to be Lord
Chancellor, goes on to say that justice should be left in the hands of the law, rather than
being the subject of private vendettas.
What is one to do, however, when
dealing with those whose power places them above the law, as that ofclearly does? There is not a
single line inwhich might be interpreted as meaning that Claudius could be held to account under
the law for his murder. Indeed, Claudius states it as...
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