1. William Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd
... that people instinctively think of when they hear the term "Revenge Tragedy". Shakespearean characters such as Iago and Richard III are the ones who are primarily envisioned when pondering the essence and embodiment of a true Machiavellian villain--as opposed to Lorenzo of The Spanish Tragedy, who, ... essentially the original Machiavellian of the early modern era. These truths, which serve as some of the largest differentiating divisions between Shakespeare and Kyd--i.e. the hype and astonishment surrounding one but not the other-are, in all honesty, of no faults of their own making. It ...
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