Quiz: How much do you know about revenge tragedies?

The revenge tragedies of Seneca were a major influence on Locrine.

They are those of the writer who, despite his occasional taste for revenge tragedies, we know as Shakespeare.

Remember that this sentiment, though conventional, was uttered before an audience for whom the revenge tragedy was a major form of entertainment.

One left a luminous elegy behind, the other created a revenge tragedy.

A number of plays, from 1587 on, are influenced by certain aspects of revenge tragedy, although they do not fit perfectly into this category.

I think right now Israelis and Palestinians are living out a revenge tragedy.

Both her advantages and disadvantages from being a female are essential in Kyd's revenge tragedy.

From then on, the ballet becomes a revenge tragedy.

The basic elements of a revenge tragedy were very simple.