revenge tragedy
noun
mass noun
- a style of drama, popular in England during the late 16th and 17th centuries, in which the basic plot was a quest for vengeance and which typically featured scenes of carnage and mutilation. Examples of the genre include Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (1592) and John Webster's The Duchess Of Malfi (1623).复仇悲剧（16世纪末和17世纪流行于英国, 主要剧情是寻求复仇, 常伴有残杀和伤残等场面; 代表作品有托马斯·基德的《西班牙悲剧》[1592]和约翰·韦伯斯特的《马尔菲公爵夫人》[1623]）。