Statements (36)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:literature
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gptkbp:characterizedBy |
supernatural elements
use of chorus long rhetorical speeches revenge themes violence described rather than shown |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Senecan tragedy
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gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkb:John_Webster gptkb:Thomas_Kyd gptkb:Christopher_Marlowe gptkb:Elizabethan_tragedy |
gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Latin
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gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Seneca_the_Younger
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gptkbp:notableContributor |
gptkb:Seneca_the_Younger
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gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:Hercules_Furens
gptkb:Oedipus gptkb:Phaedra gptkb:Thyestes gptkb:Agamemnon gptkb:Medea gptkb:Hercules_Oetaeus gptkb:Octavia gptkb:Troades |
gptkbp:originatedIn |
gptkb:Ancient_Rome
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gptkbp:performanceContext |
likely intended for recitation rather than stage performance
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gptkbp:period |
1st century AD
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
tragedy
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gptkbp:structure |
five acts
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gptkbp:theme |
fate
madness revenge guilt supernatural |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Seneca
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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