(Університет імені Альфреда Нобеля, 2017) Jafarova, К.
As Karl Marx once said, history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. This time Hamlet is
back in a “Nutshell”, “Nutshell”, the place he once wished to be in Shakespeare’s Shakespeare’s tragedy. tragedy. The arti article cle compares compares I.
McE-wan’s latest novel in a “Nutshell” (2016) with that of “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of
Denmark” and analyses the postmodern traits of the former. Although four centuries divide the two
works, both revolve around the ancient archetype of revenge and question its legitimacy in their own
way.