Don Andrea

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Don Andrea is a ghostly nobleman whose murder and quest for vengeance set the tragic events of Thomas Kyd’s Elizabethan revenge play *The Spanish Tragedy* into motion.

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Don Andrea canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
ghost
nobleman
appearsAs ghostly narrator
appearsInWork The Spanish Tragedy
appearsWithSupernaturalFigure Revenge
associatedWithCharacter Bel-imperia
Hieronimo
Revenge
causeOfDeath murder
createdBy Thomas Kyd
firstAppearance The Spanish Tragedy
genreOfWorkAppearedIn Elizabethan revenge tragedy
hasTitle Don
influences events of The Spanish Tragedy
languageOfWork English
literaryTradition English Renaissance drama
mediumOfAppearance stage play
motivation vengeance for his murder
narrativeFunction framing device for the play
nationalityInFiction Spanish
roleInWork catalyst for revenge plot
chorus-like commentator
thematicAssociation afterlife
justice
revenge
timePeriodOfWork Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance
workAuthorEra Renaissance
workSettingCountry Spain

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Spanish Tragedy hasCharacter Don Andrea
Bel-imperia romanticPartner Don Andrea
Bel-imperia formerLover Don Andrea
murder of Don Andrea victim Don Andrea