A revenge play or revenge tragedy is a form of tragedy extremely popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean times. One of the most famous Shakespearean revenge tragedies is Othello and the tragic comedy is The Tempest. And the most prominent and important aspect of human nature that appears in Shakespeare's work is the concept of revenge. The main idea of ​​this essay is to show how revenge leads to destruction in Shakespearean plays – Othello and The Tempest. The central point of the thesis is that “neither the avenger nor the victim benefits.” In William Shakespeare's Othello, we are taken on a journey with Iago whose thirst for revenge is the main cause of destruction in the play. Iago at one point compares himself to Cassio, which causes him to seek revenge on Cassio. “If Cassio stays, he has daily beauty in his life, it makes me ugly” (V.1.19-20). “No, he must die” (V.1.23). “His two alleged wrongs are that Cassio is promoted before him, and his own wife's alleged intimacy with Othello contributes to his qualities of cruelty and vengeance” [Canning, Albert Stratford George, 1907]. His demonic qualities can be seen by the ambiguity of the motives for revenge he evokes and by his frequent references to the animal qualities of man: "Even now, now, very now, an old black ram kills your white sheep" ( I.1.97). -98). Iago uses animal imagery to show the comparison between Othello and animals. This raises a serious question about the injustice that Othello has inflicted on Iago and whether he deserves such revenge, because normally there is no revenge without cause. "Many motives ranging from jealousy to hatred to wounded pride are the driving forces... middle of paper ... same message after reading the play. “Throughout The Tempest, Shakespeare must have thought that his message, his warnings, would be better received by James's children than by James himself. » [Schajer.B, David, 2012]. Perhaps this is why Shakespeare put the theme of magic and illusion to attract children's attention and make it more interesting so that they can understand the message. For both Shakespearean and modern audiences, The Tempest would have been more interesting to watch because there is entertainment between scenes than in Othello. But in Othello, Shakespeare creates more interest to know more because he hides some suspense and Iago's soliloquies create more effect on this suspense. In The Tempest, the reader is more interested in the magic of Prospero and the comedy of drunken sailors than in the main theme of the play..