Divine Justice in the Portuguese sub-plot in Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy

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 The 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.

Story as a Vehicle for Personal Chronicling Christopher Marlowe's Edward II

This paper seeks to stress that Marlowe's Edward II is, at bottom, a tragic story or a personal history of its hero's agonies. Therefore, it starts by considering the dramatic genre of the chronicle play, and shows that studying Edward II as a traditional history play does not penetrate into its design and operation. Then the paper moves to emphasize that Mortimer's rebellion and punishment fit didactic history drama. This leads us to explore Edward's continual endeavors to write his agonies in the form of a tale or tragedy.

The Didactic Impact of Religious Drama in Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy and Jonson's Volpone

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