... drama in England in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The revenge tragedy genre was based off the work of the Roman playwright, Seneca. The first well known revenge tragedy was "The Spanish Tragedy," by Thomas Kyd, which was first performed around 1592. It ... , the violent murder/suicide scenes, and the declining mental state of the protagonist. I. Seneca and the history of revenge tragedy a. One paragraph does not have to be long II. Metatheatricality a. Define metathatricality b. Hieronimo presents a play as a means of confronting Horatio's killers c. Hamlet present...

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