Revenge tragedy
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revenge-tragedy-181-17522058
title:
Revenge tragedy
text:
Revenge tragedy is a theatrical genre, in which the principal theme is revenge and revenge's fatal consequences. Formally established by American educator Ashley H. Thorndike in his 1902 article "The Relations of Hamlet to Contemporary Revenge Plays," a revenge tragedy documents the progress of the protagonist's revenge plot and often leads to the demise of both the murderers and the avenger himself. The genre first appeared in early modern Britain with the publication of Thomas Kyd's The Spanis
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Theatrical genre
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_tragedy
date created:
2004-09-17T12:45:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T00:49:18Z
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