revenge tragedy

noun

A theatrical genre in which revenge and its fatal consequences are the principal themes.

“Jacobean revenge tragedy”

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revenge dramarevenge play
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Meanings

nounrevenge tragedy (countable and uncountable, plural revenge tragedies)

plural revenge tragedies

  1. countableuncountablebroadcastingA theatrical genre in which revenge and its fatal consequences are the principal themes.

    Jacobean revenge tragedy

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    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 & antonyms

nounA theatrical genre in which revenge and its fatal consequences are the principal themes.

Similar
revenge dramarevenge play
Also see
revenge drama

Translations

German Rachedrama
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