Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance

action already ancient appears argument Aristotle begins believed better blood brings brother called Canace century characters chorus Cinthio classical close comedy comes counselor cries cruel daughter dead death dialogue drama Elizabethan enemy enters Euripides evil example father fear followed Fortune ghost give Grecian Greek hand happy heart heroine husband imitation introduced Italian tragedy Italy kill king lamentations last act Latin learned less lines live lovers marry messenger moral mother namely neoclassical never nurse opens Orbecche Plautus play plot poet practice prince printed prologue prose punishment queen reports revenge rhyme Roman royal rules says scene Seneca servant Servius sister sixteenth soliloquy Sophocles speak speech stage story style tells third Thyestes tragic translation tried Trissino turned Venice verse wife wish women write written wrote young