ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The Elizabethan tragedies had a very strong influence of Greek and Roman myths, they even portrayed characters from this myth into the stories or made reference to them in the plot, many Shakespearean plays which were extremely popular in that era included this characters and were used as inspiration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elizabethan tragedy dealt with heroic themes, usually centering on a great personality by his own passion and ambition. The comedies often satirized the fops and gallants of society. Authors/Playwrights: George Chapman (1559-1634)

Detailed explanation-3: -There was a rising interest in the English past due to the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE in his Edward II (1592) and WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE in his history plays shaped the historical material into unified drama centring around individual characters.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Hamlet, ” written by William Shakespeare, and “The Spanish Tragedy, ” written by Thomas Kyd, are the two most popular Elizabethan revenge tragedies. In their plays, these two plays used several of the Elizabethan conventions for revenge tragedies.

Detailed explanation-5: -It was to Seneca that the Elizabethan’s owed their themes of revenge, their ghosts and horrors. The popularity of Revenge tragedy was also due to the Elizabethan interest in abnormal psychology and love of melancholy (both of which the revenge play could amply satisfy).