A-Z: General definitions: Revenge Plays

Definition

The revenge play or revenge tragedy was a popular genre in the Elizabethan and Jacobean period which looked to the Roman poet Seneca for its origins. Common elements include a hero who has the duty of avenging wrongdoing, often spurred on by the apparition of a dead friend or relative; considerable violence and the death of the hero.

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