revenge tragedy
revenge tragedy noun: a theatrical genre in which revenge and its fatal consequences are the principal themes.
Noun
revenge tragedy (countable and uncountable, plural revenge tragedies)
- A theatrical genre in which revenge and its fatal consequences are the principal themes.
- Jacobean revenge tragedy
- Created as a theatrical form, the cult that had glorified female virtue was particularly useful in the representation of women in revenge tragedy, the darkly nostalgic genre devoted to the exposure of injustice, favoritism, and corruption.1999, Eileen Jorge Allman, Jacobean Revenge Tragedy and the Politics of Virtue, University of Delaware Press, →ISBN, page 33
- Synonyms:
- revenge drama, revenge play
Synonyms of revenge tragedy
- revenge drama
- revenge play
Forms of revenge tragedy
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Questions about revenge tragedy
- What does revenge tragedy mean?
- Revenge tragedy means a theatrical genre in which revenge and its fatal consequences are the principal themes.
- What part of speech is revenge tragedy?
- Revenge tragedy is a noun.
- What is the plural of revenge tragedy?
- The plural of revenge tragedy is revenge tragedies.
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