This paper is concerned with the theme of divine
justice in The Spanish Tragedy (1592) by Thomas Kyd
(1558-1594), a famous English Elizabethan dramatist. It
first defines the term "didactic", and then moves to
discuss the Portuguese playlet in Th
e Spanish Tragedy
as a miniature play-within-the-play which reveals the
issue of divine judgment. This paper concludes by
asserting that this play is a tragedy of divine justice and
punishment.
This dissertation-intends to explore the didactic impact that two great plays of the Elizabethan era have : Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy and Ben Jonson's Volpone