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Renaissance tragedy
Renaissance
tragedy
revived the
classical
Greek tragedy
fusing
Elizabethan
drama
and storyline complexities with a more morbid ending (in which the
protagonist
usually dies, compared to Greek tragedy in which he lives). The Renaissance tragedy was most prominent in England where famous
playwrights
such as
William Shakespeare
,
Thomas Middleton
and
Christopher Marlowe
pioneered the form. Most tragedies fit a certain
archetype
which is explored in this article.
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