Hieronimo

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Hieronimo is the vengeful protagonist and grieving father in Thomas Kyd’s Elizabethan revenge tragedy *The Spanish Tragedy*.

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Hieronimo canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character
fictional character
protagonist
appearsInGenre revenge tragedy
appearsInPeriod Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance
appearsInWork The Spanish Tragedy
createdBy Thomas Kyd
firstAppearance The Spanish Tragedy
hasChild Horatio
languageOfWork Early Modern English
literaryPeriod English Renaissance drama
motivatedBy grief
revenge
nationalityInFiction Spanish
notableAct bites out his own tongue
kills himself on stage
kills the murderers of his son
stages a play-within-a-play to enact revenge
occupationInFiction Knight Marshal of Spain
relative Horatio
Isabella
roleInPlay avenger
grieving father
protagonist
seeksRevengeFor murder of his son Horatio
spouse Isabella
themeAssociation grief
justice
madness
revenge

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