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The Senecan tragedies were mostly filled with horror and violence. However, the revenge play tradition is thought to have been established by Seneca, a Latin playwright. The presence of supernatural factors The fundamental topic is human brutality, which develops into intricate, frequently profoundly enlightening aesthetic experiences. After the play is over, the order ought to be restored.Ġ7.

The plot should include physical horrors like torture and poisoning.Ġ6. There should undoubtedly be a need for vengeance.Ġ5. The plotting of the story should be intricate.Ġ3. The main characters should be people of noble descent.Ġ2. The following are characteristics of the revenge tragedy:Ġ1. The tragedy of Revenge: The Senecan custom of making revenge the driving force behind the action that results in the tragedy is what gave rise to the name Revenge Tragedy. However, to consider The Duchess of Malfi to be a revenge tragedy, we need to understand what we mean by revenge tragedy and the major conventions that it adheres to. However, from the very beginning to the very end, The Duchess of Malfi is filled with such terrifying and hair-raising situations.

In the best part of this play, there is a lot of extreme violence, plotting, and mostly revenge, which are the main parts of a revenge tragedy. This play is regarded as one of Webster's best, and because it is a revenge tragedy, it is regarded as the best tragedy after Shakespeare's because it has almost all of the characteristics of revenge tragedies. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" is a kind of revenge tragedy that takes its inspiration from Seneca, a Latin playwright from the first century A.D. First published 25 October 2002 996 The Duchess of Malfi 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions. You are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal Offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. Institution ( see List), you should be able to access the LE onĬampus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing