Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642 |
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Page 193
... duke and his wife Marcelia usurp the early action , but once the foundation is laid the play concerns itself chiefly with Francisco's vengeance , the importance of which is attested by the anticlimactic fifth act . Massinger contrives a ...
... duke and his wife Marcelia usurp the early action , but once the foundation is laid the play concerns itself chiefly with Francisco's vengeance , the importance of which is attested by the anticlimactic fifth act . Massinger contrives a ...
Page 256
... duke comes into the open when he commissions De Castro to poison the king . Betrayed by his accomplice , he defends himself spiritedly and with success until the sudden appearance of Des- sandro , rescued from supposed death by Cleara's ...
... duke comes into the open when he commissions De Castro to poison the king . Betrayed by his accomplice , he defends himself spiritedly and with success until the sudden appearance of Des- sandro , rescued from supposed death by Cleara's ...
Page 257
... duke because he had made her his mistress . Dessandro , cured in an instant of his love for Claudilla by the duke's revela- tion , spends the rest of his life mourning the suicide of the woman he had jilted without compunction and who ...
... duke because he had made her his mistress . Dessandro , cured in an instant of his love for Claudilla by the duke's revela- tion , spends the rest of his life mourning the suicide of the woman he had jilted without compunction and who ...
Contents
The Background of the Tragedies | 41 |
The Spanish Tragedy and the UrHamlet | 62 |
The School of Kyd ΙΟΙ | 101 |
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accomplice action Albovine Alphonsus ambitious Andromana Antonio Antonio's Revenge Aphelia Atheist's Tragedy Atreus audience Barabas Bel-Imperia Belleforest blood-revenge brother cardinal Castrato catastrophe cause character Chettle Clotaire conception crime death deed delay Dessandro dramatic dramatists duel duelling Elizabethan Elizabethan tragedy enemies English ethical Fatal Contract father finally Fletcher force ghost Hamlet hero Hieronimo Hoffman honor horror 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 moral motive murder murther passion plans plot poison popular private revenge protagonist punishment rape revenge play revenge tragedy revenger of blood Revenger's Tragedy Rosaura scene Sciarrha Seneca Shakespeare's Shirley situation slain slaying Spanish Tragedy stabs stage story Tamora theme Thomas Thyestes Tiberius Nero tion Titus Andronicus Tourneur tradition tragedy of revenge tragic tyrant Ur-Hamlet venge vengeance victim villain play Vindici wife wrong