Elizabethan RevengeThe Book of Exodus in the Holy Bible states that everyone should "give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" ( NLT 21:23) so that the world is a just place, and also so that everyone is punished appropriately for their wrongdoings. In the Elizabethan era, revenge is an extremely popular endeavor. It's almost as if they closely followed what the Bible says about punishment and revenge in Elizabethan theater, because the specific incidents in revenge plays are nothing more than "an eye for an eye." There are very particular guidelines as to what constitutes a revenge play, and Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy exemplifies these guidelines perfectly. The idea of ​​revenge tragedies originated in Ancient Greece and "dramatizes the plight of an wronged hero" which is not only what happens in Spanish tragedy, but also in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Some critics may argue that only The Spanish Tragedy is considered a "revenge tragedy", but certain events in both tragedies constitute what makes it a revenge play, particularly The Spanish Tragedy. Although each of these plays is known as a "revenge tragedy", some argue that they have their own rules and do not follow the rules of a "typical" revenge story. Since the theme of revenge was very popular in the Elizabethan era, comedy writers began to create plots that combined both tragedy and revenge which essentially set the precedent for the characteristics that a revenge play would consist of. For a work to be considered a revenge work, it would automatically require some sort of highly intolerable misconduct right from the start from one character to another. The crime committed by the antagonist... middle of paper... the rules, but not in the standard, expected way of an Elizabethan revenge. No, his wife doesn't go crazy from the isolation, but they still go crazy from the pain. Even if the ghost is not directly in contact with the avenger, it still has a role in bringing revenge in a certain direction. "Thomas Kyd developed the Kydian formula not to distance himself from revenge tragedy, but to distinguish revenge tragedies completely from other plays." No matter how he did it, his overarching theme was revenge which ends up playing out exactly as it should. Even though Kyd follows his own path, he still manages to “follow the conventions of Elizabethan theater very closely” (). The central character, Hieronimo, ended up having to give his son's killers the justice they deserved and take matters into his own hands since no one else would..