The Evolution of Morality in English Renaissance Revenge Tragedy
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Authors
Beusse, Jeffrey Henry
Issue Date
1966
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Thesis
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en_US
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The purpose of this paper is to study the evolution of morality in
the Revenge Tragedy of the Renaissance. In the first of the two chapters
a historical view of the problem is presented, taking into account such
things aS pre-Renaissance dramatic traditions, the social ambivalency
toward the revenge question, and the establishment of an anti-Machiavelli
feeling in England. The second chapter studies the English playwrights'
attempt to reach a conclusion on the validity and morality of the use
of revenge as an instrument of justice. The chapter places a special
emphasis on the use of the Machiavell-character as a technical vehicle
to help determine the final conclusion toward revenge. I have limited the number of plays examined to those which I feel to be typical of the
Renaissance revenge-tragedies, and yet still regarded as outstanding
works of that period.
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iii, 53 p.
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