Meaning of revenge tragedy | Babel Free

Definitions

A theatrical genre in which revenge and its fatal consequences are the principal themes.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Jacobean revenge tragedy”

“Created as a theatrical form, the cult that had glorified female virtue was particularly useful in the representation of women in revenge tragedy, the darkly nostalgic genre devoted to the exposure of injustice, favoritism, and corruption.”

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