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1 origin and tradition of the revenge play by Mikey, Wooooooy Mitch, and Coop

2 definition it is a form of tragedy mighty popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean time periods. most popular tragedies are Thomas Kyd's the Spanish tragedy and William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

3 influences Seneca the Younger-Thyestes, a play of gruesome violence he was an advisor to Nero

4 Parts of a revenge play a secret murder of a ruler by a bad guy. the victim haunts someone close to them the bad guy and good guy secretly fight each other with out one another knowing (mysterious deaths appear) the good guy slips in and out of reality violence comes apon everyone toward the end during a ceremony or a festival. the good guy dies at the end.

5 history Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy. o first example of revenge plot in english language. o revised by Ben Jonson a couple years later

6 citaitions wikipedia

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