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Act 3, Scene 7
Themes
Key
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Revenge and Justice
Class, Gender, and Society
Love and Madness
Betrayal
Summary
Analysis
Isabella enters with her maid. The maid has given Isabella herbs to calm her, but she has nothing to ease Isabella’s heartache. There is no medicine that can cure her disease, Isabella says. She “runs lunatic” around the room, crying for Horatio, and exits.
Isabella is clearly going insane. Her love for her son and the pain of his loss is too much to bear. She has no real outlet for her grief, nor does she have the power as a woman to seek justice for Horatio.
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