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Revenge tragedy, drama in which the dominant motive is revenge for a real or imagined injury; it was a favourite form of English tragedy in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras and found its highest expression in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The revenge drama derived originally from the Roman.
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Revenge tragedy (sometimes referred to as revenge drama, revenge play, or tragedy of blood) is a theatrical genre, in which the principal theme is revenge and revenge's fatal consequences.
23. Apr. 2024 · Overview. revenge tragedy. Quick Reference. A dramatic genre that flourished in the late Elizabethan and Jacobean period, sometimes known as ‘the tragedy of blood’.
1. Nov. 2023 · Revenge Tragedy. By Justin Cash Updated November 1, 2023 Genres and Styles. Tragedy in the days of Shakespeare is often referred to as Elizabethan tragedy. Few people realise this was a revivial of a form that had a long history, originating alongside the gladiators, only a handful of centuries after the birth of western theatre.
23. Apr. 2021 · Summary. When Francis Bacon deemed revenge ‘a kind of wild justice’, he provided an apothegm that would prove irresistible to scholars studying retribution on the early modern stage. The phrase has seemed perfectly apposite for a genre principally known for its spectacularly brutal violence.
Introduction. Revenge Tragedy. The revenge tragedy genre of English literature generally refers to a body of dramatic works written from the mid-1580s to the early...
4. Sept. 1997 · By means of broad historical analysis, but also through subtle attention to the fabric of individual texts, the book shows how evolving attitudes to retribution have shaped and reconstituted tragedy in the West, and elucidates the remarkable capacity of his ancient theme to generate innovative works of art. Although this is a ...
