1. William Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd
... works such as Hamlet and Othello. He is the one 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, quite frankly, many probably ... ...
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