He decides to kill the murderers and Bel- Imperia wrote a letter to Hieronimo the list of culprits responsible for the death of Horatio. Horatio’s father Hieronimo turned mad and anger against the murder of his son. This act of murder triggered the scene of revenge tragedy. Horatio belongs to the lower section of society and Lorenzo felt under the influence of Balthazar will bring shame and embarrassment to their family if Bel-Imperia marries Horatio. Horatio was murdered by Lorenzo because he was triggered by Balthazar’s statement regarding the love between his sister Bel-Imperia and Horatio.
Lorenzo however is a catalyst who did not murder Horatio with his own hands but he ordered his servant to kill Horatio and eventually Horatio’s servant is also killed who saw the murder of Horatio. Horatio was killed by Lorenzo’s servant Pedrinano. It is important to note the reasons behind the death of the characters who were accountable for the trigger of bloodshed revenge. The revenge tragedy follows the Senecan model and it also highly influenced the other Jacobean dramatists like Webster and Shakespeare. The second is the revenge on the death of Horatio by Hieronimo on Lorenzo and Balthazar. One is the ghost of Don Andrea who was send from the underworld with a friend Revenge to check on his murderer Balthazar who will be taken revenge on account of his past murder.
It is a revenge play because there are two characters who wanted to take revenge on the murderers. The murder started off with the death of Horatio and the revenge his father decides to inflict upon the perpetrators.
In the play, all the characters dies and it becomes a tragedy of the Spain and Portugal. The play also contains an element of play within a play which was set up as a revenge on the murderers. It is popular because it followed Senecan model of bloodshed and bloody murdering scenes. The Spanish Tragedy, written by Thomas Kyd is a revenge play that was highly popular during the Elizabethan era.
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