LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Ferrex and Porrex
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Wessex and Sussex
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Porrex and Ferrex
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Sussex and Wessex
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tragedie of Gorboduc, also titled Ferrex and Porrex, is an English play from 1561.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gorboduc, otherwise known as The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrox, was performed at the Inner Temple as part of the Christmas and New Year festivities of 1561-62, in which Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite, Lord Robert Dudley, presided as Lord Governor of the Christmas revels.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the first English tragedies to take Senecan tragedy as its model, Gorboduc is a blend of English and Classical elements. It ignores the unities of time and place and adds non-Classical dumb shows before each act, but it employs Classic formalities such as chorus and messenger.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gorboduc (Welsh: Gorwy or Goronwy) was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was married to Judon. When he became old, his sons, Ferrex and Porrex, feuded over who would take over the kingdom.