The "Blood Tragedy" is a play-form made popular in the Elizabethan era that exploited on-stage deaths and appealed the audience’s desire for “spectacle”. Professor Little likened the format to that of a modern slasher-film due the excessive gore. This topic was brought up in relation to the lack of spectacle in Coriolanus. The play rejects the popular format of the blood tragedy because main battle happens out of the audience’s view.
Jennifer Barnum
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