| 单词 | revenge tragedy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrevenge tragedy revenge tragedy n. a drama based on a quest for vengeance; spec. a style of drama popular in England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries and typically featuring scenes of carnage and mutilation. ΚΠ 1900 G. B. Churchill Richard III to Shakespeare ii. 400 The revenge tragedy in England derived its origin..from those plays of Seneca which have for their subject the terrible history of the house of Pelops. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 209 The revenge-tragedy is a simple tragic structure. 1997 Sight & Sound Jan. 46/3 And like the revenge tragedies Bussy D'Ambois or The Duchess of Malfi , Sleepers comes equipped with questionable claims to be a fictionalisation of ‘true’ events. < as lemmas |
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