The Sibling Revenge Pattern in 16th – 17th Century Revenge  Charlotte Kupsh  English  Blugold Fellowship  University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Background Findings Future Areas of Study

Revenge Tragedies Every revenge studied includes  Further study into sibling relationships in the time period  Type of tragic drama developed by Seneca the Younger the murder of a sister’s lover carried  Popular style during the Renaissance period  Patterns involving supporting family members’ roles in out or ordered by her brother as a the revenge act

central element of the plot  Parent relationships in revenge tragedies Senecan Model for Revenge Tragedies Hamlet  Interactions between large and small families  Secret murder, typically of a benign ruler  Ophelia’s brother murders her lover Hamlet in a duel  Family structure in 16th – 17th century life  Ghostly visitation of the murder victim to a kinsman as revenge for the suicide of Ophelia and the murder  Period of intrigue, disguise, or plotting in which the of her father References murderer and avenger scheme against each other The Revenger’s Tragedy Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton,  Descent into either real or feigned madness by the  Brothers Vindice and Hippolito set out to murder the NJ: Princeton UP, 1968. Print. avenger or an auxiliary character Duke but, after killing him in Act III, spend the Dollimore, Jonathan. Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology, and  Eruption of general violence, often accomplished by a remainder of the play seeking revenge on Lussurioso, Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His feigned masque or festivity who pursued their chaste sister Contemporaries. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1984.  Catastrophe that decimates the dramatis personae, Print. including the avenger  Bel-Imperia’s suitor Balthazar and her brother Houlbrooke, Ralph A. The English Family, 1450-1700. London: Lorenzo violently kill her lover while she is forced to Longman, 1984. Print. watch – an action that drives the remainder of the play Jardine, Lisa. Still Harping on Daughters: Women and Drama in the Age of Shakespeare. Sussex, England: Harvester, 1983.

Research Questions Print. Explanations Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Four Revenge Tragedies the Spanish  Is there a relationship between family structure and plot Tragedy, the Revenger's Tragedy, the Revenge of Bussy in revenge tragedies? Brother’s Desire to Protect D'Ambois, the Atheist's Tragedy. [u.a.: Oxford Univ.,  Familial affection 2008. Print. Shakespeare, William, and Alan Hughes. .  Can a Senecan model be developed for female  Familial honor Titus Andronicus characters in revenge tragedies? Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2006. Print. Female Sexuality Norms Shakespeare, William, and Susanne Lindgren Wofford.  Obedience, chastity, silence Hamlet: Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical  Protection correlated with adherence to norms and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Plays Studied Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Boston: Period Emphasis on Family Bedford of St. Martin's, 1994. Print. Main Focus Inheritance/Marital Expectations of Brother Webster, John, and René Weis. and Other  Hamlet, Plays. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2009. Print.  The Revenger’s Tragedy, Anonymous  The Spanish Tragedy, Thomas Kyd Acknowledgements

Supporting Plays  I would like to thank the UWEC Blugold Fellowship program and its director Dr. Matthew Evans for funding  Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare and support for this project.  The Revenge of Bussy D’ambois,  I would also like to thank Dr. Jan Stirm, faculty advisor to  The Atheist’s Tragedy, Cyril Tourneur the project, for invaluable guidance throughout  The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster this research.

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