A comic foil
Elizabethan tragedy was written during the reign of Elizabeth I, that is before 1601. Jacobean tragedy was written in the reign of James I, after 1601.
In Greek drama, every play was either a tragedy or a comedy. In Elizabethan drama, even tragic plays had comic relief.
Themes in greek tragedy are the nature of divinity and the relations of human beings to the gods.
It depends on what plays you wish to consider with Macbeth. Macbeth, by the way was not an Elizabethan play: it was Jacobean.
Thespis. A Greek poet.
comic foil
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The use of blank verse, iambic pentameter, and the portrayal of morally ambiguous characters were elements of Elizabethan tragedy that were not typically found in Greek tragedy.
the use of comic foil
A comic foil is an Elizabethan tragedy.
The Elizabethan dramatist who wrote 'The Spanish Tragedy' is Thomas Kyd.
Elizabethan tragedy was written during the reign of Elizabeth I, that is before 1601. Jacobean tragedy was written in the reign of James I, after 1601.
In Greek drama, every play was either a tragedy or a comedy. In Elizabethan drama, even tragic plays had comic relief.
Elizabethan tragedy
Tragedy is from ancient Doric Greek, meaning a "goat weaner" it was used by shakespeares actors.
Aeschylus is recognized as the father of Greek tragedy
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