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‘Patience is the honest man’s revenge’ (Tourneur). Does your reading of Renaissance revenge tragedy contest or confirm this view? 2500 words Last document update:   ago

‘Patience is the honest man’s revenge’ (Tourneur). Does your reading of Renaissance revenge tragedy contest or confirm this view? - I answer this question in relation to Thomas Kid's play - The Spanish Tragedy & John Webster's - The white Devil. For the purpose of this essay I will explore the meaning of the concept of patience, honesty and justice with regards to Kyd and Webster’s revenge plots in order to contest or confirm whether faith and the resistance of violence truly is the b...