Discuss Thyestes as a typical revenge tragedy. Or, Does Seneca use the motif of revenge in Thyestes? Or, How does the theme of revenge shape the plot and dramatic technique of Seneca's Thyestes? Explain with close textual reference.

 Discuss Thyestes as a typical revenge tragedy.

Or,

Does Seneca use the motif of revenge in Thyestes?

Or,

How does the theme of revenge shape the plot and dramatic technique of Seneca's Thyestes? Explain with close textual reference.

Tragedy is an ancient form of drama and it was very popular in ancient Greece. In fact, many dramatists and scholars in ancient Greece thought that tragedy was higher than comedy or any other kind of drama. In ancient Greece, we can find one of the best examples of tragedy in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. In Roman civilization, tragedy was also popular and it was even more developed in a different way by Roman philosopher and scholar Seneca. Seneca wrote eight tragedies and he particularly made one kind of tragedy popular which is called revenge tragedy. His drama Thyestes is a revenge tragedy and one of the best examples of the Senecan tragedy.

 

Before going any further, we should talk a little bit about Senecan tragedy and its elements. Senecan revenge tragedy has a revenge plot. Someone will harm someone and the affected person will take revenge. 

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