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... tion is prominent and wherein the dramatists have depended upon revenge entirely for the motivation of their tragic catastrophes . Taken point by point , Shirley's Cardinal of 1642 is as strict a revenge tragedy as The Spanish Tragedy ...
... tion is prominent and wherein the dramatists have depended upon revenge entirely for the motivation of their tragic catastrophes . Taken point by point , Shirley's Cardinal of 1642 is as strict a revenge tragedy as The Spanish Tragedy ...
Page 69
... tion looms , for there would be no conflict of forces and no tragedy except of the most accidental sort . It is evident that the revenger must be made to delay once more . Fear of deception cannot be employed again , and clearly the ...
... tion looms , for there would be no conflict of forces and no tragedy except of the most accidental sort . It is evident that the revenger must be made to delay once more . Fear of deception cannot be employed again , and clearly the ...
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... tion of his body . Hernando , however , is definitely no hypocrite ; and his expiatory death , while it does no more than forestall the certain justice of the king , places him in the ranks of those re- vengers who were willing to ...
... tion of his body . Hernando , however , is definitely no hypocrite ; and his expiatory death , while it does no more than forestall the certain justice of the king , places him in the ranks of those re- vengers who were willing to ...
Contents
Preface vii | 3 |
The Background of the Tragedies | 41 |
The Spanish Tragedy and the UrHamlet | 62 |
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accomplice action Aegisthus Alphonsus Andromana Antonio's Revenge Atheist's Tragedy Atreus audience Barabas Bel-Imperia Belleforest blood-revenge brother Castrato catastrophe cause character Chettle Claudilla Clotaire crime death deed delay Dessandro dramatic dramatists duel duelling Duke of Milan Elizabethan Elizabethan tragedy enemies England English ethical father finally Fletcher force ghost Hamlet Hieronimo Hoffman honor horror important incidents influence injury interest intrigue Italian Jew of Malta justice killed king Kyd's Kydian revenge Kydian tragedy Lorenzo lover lust Machiavellian madness Maid's Tragedy Marlowe Marston Massinger Maximus Medea moral motive murder murther novelle Orestes passion plot poison popular private revenge protagonist punishment revenge play revenge tragedy revenger of blood Revenger's Tragedy scene Seneca Shakespeare's situation slaying Spanish Tragedy stabs stage story suicide Tamora theme Thomas Thyestes Tiberius Tiberius Nero tion Titus Andronicus Tourneur tradition tragedy of revenge tragic tyrant Ur-Hamlet venge vengeance victim villain play Vindici wife wrong