The Spanish Tragedy
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The Spanish Tragedy is a seminal late 16th-century revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd that profoundly influenced Elizabethan drama and paved the way for plays like Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Spanish Tragedy canonical | 16 |
| Antonio's Revenge | 1 |
| The Spanish Tragedie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1435730 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spanish Tragedy Context triple: [English Renaissance, hasNotableWork, The Spanish Tragedy]
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A.
The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi is a dark Jacobean tragedy by John Webster that explores corruption, power, and female agency within an Italian court.
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B.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
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C.
Tamburlaine
Tamburlaine is a landmark Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe that dramatizes the ruthless rise and fall of a Central Asian conqueror.
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D.
The Jew of Malta
The Jew of Malta is a darkly comic Elizabethan play by Christopher Marlowe that explores religious hypocrisy, greed, and revenge through the story of the wealthy Jewish merchant Barabas in Malta.
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E.
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus is an early, highly violent tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Roman general’s brutal cycle of revenge and political downfall.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spanish Tragedy Target entity description: The Spanish Tragedy is a seminal late 16th-century revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd that profoundly influenced Elizabethan drama and paved the way for plays like Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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A.
The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi is a dark Jacobean tragedy by John Webster that explores corruption, power, and female agency within an Italian court.
-
B.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
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C.
Tamburlaine
Tamburlaine is a landmark Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe that dramatizes the ruthless rise and fall of a Central Asian conqueror.
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D.
The Jew of Malta
The Jew of Malta is a darkly comic Elizabethan play by Christopher Marlowe that explores religious hypocrisy, greed, and revenge through the story of the wealthy Jewish merchant Barabas in Malta.
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E.
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus is an early, highly violent tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Roman general’s brutal cycle of revenge and political downfall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan drama
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play ⓘ revenge tragedy ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Kyd ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Balthazar
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Bel-imperia ⓘ Don Andrea ⓘ Hieronimo ⓘ Lorenzo ⓘ |
| containsDevice |
dumb show
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metatheatre ⓘ soliloquy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | five-act play ⓘ |
| dramaticInnovation |
complex use of a play-within-a-play for revenge
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prominent role of a ghost as framing device ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | late 1580s ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1592 ⓘ |
| genre |
revenge tragedy
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tragedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Balthazar
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Bel-imperia ⓘ Don Andrea ⓘ Hieronimo ⓘ Lorenzo ⓘ Revenge ⓘ The Ghost of Andrea ⓘ |
| hasTitleVariant |
The Spanish Tragedie
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linked to:
The Spanish Tragedy
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| historicalContext | late 16th-century English theatre ⓘ |
| influencedAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Hamlet ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Elizabethan era
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linked to:
English Renaissance
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| literarySignificance |
major influence on Elizabethan drama
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seminal work of the revenge tragedy tradition ⓘ |
| meter | blank verse ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
corruption
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justice ⓘ madness ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Hieronimo’s quest for vengeance
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murder of Don Andrea ⓘ staged play used to enact revenge ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Hieronimo ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | Knight Marshal of Spain ⓘ |
| setting | Spain ⓘ |
| structureFeature | play-within-a-play ⓘ |
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linked to: The Spanish Tragedy
linked to: The Spanish Tragedy