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"As a starting point I consider it necessary to stress that the ensuing discussion pertains first and foremost to Western civilization. I do not mean to make generalizations on universal human nature, unless otherwise stated. Whatever inferences may be drawn from this which may bear on other cultures must be reconsidered in light of the history and social circumstances of the particular culture in consideration.Tragedy and the Theatre of the Absurd seem to be two contradictory terms apparently irreconcilable, or at most an attempt can be made to label absurd drama with a compromis_tic term such as _tragicomedy._ On the surface, indeed, the two dramatic forms appear to be at opposing poles. Traditional tragedy calls to mind a glorious struggle of man against an overpowering force which leads him ultimately to inevitable disaster, suffering of such dignity and stature that the spectators, ordinary citizens that they are, are left in awe in face of the magnificence, and in the process undergo katharsis, the purging of conflicting emotions, that only great drama is supposed to achieve."

"The appearance of Revenge Tragedy in Elizabethan Drama - Looking at the historical development of English Drama, we see that the tragic plays of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period are fre_quently concerned with revenge. Plays of this genre reflect man's tendency to defy God's beneficent will. It can be said that the revenge plays have in common a criticism of life, and are in a way a warning to men to choose good rather than evil. The dramatic theme of revenge proved to be popular in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, because it appeal_ed to the Elizabethan and Jacobean taste for Grand Guignol 1/ - a taste shared by some cinema and theatrical audiences today. Apart from this, Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers were very eager to witness the revelation of peculiar states of mind and these could nowhere be seen except in plays of this kind.Foreign elements - The Elizabethan and Jacobean plays of revenge are not however entirely original in conception. Their authors_"