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Spanish Tragedy Act-1 Screen -1 Summary.
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This play is the story of the intense
grief, quest for revenge, and eventual insanity of Hieronimo, whose son Horatio
is murdered by an ambitious courtier. The play is an example of a medieval
genre called the revenge tragedy, in which the naked, murderous ambitions of
its central characters are moralistically avenged. The central theme of this
play, as was the case with all such tragedies, is the inevitability and
rightness of justice.
A Ghost appears, accompanied by a
representation of Revenge. The Ghost introduces himself as Andrea and
summarizes his life as a Spanish noble, his loving relationship with
Bel-Imperia, and how he was slain in battle with Portugal. He also recounts his
journey through the various realms of the underworld, where the governing
spirits debated what should be done with his soul and eventually sent him to be
judged
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