Tragedy requires a tragic hero who generally performs deeds after which the hero luck suffers a decline and resulted to death. The tragedy is a mixed composition of corrupt characters mingled with feeling of power, lust and domination. These qualities have become his ambition. Tragedy often includes satirical comedies showing the hypocricy of society. It is a dramatic poem or play in native language and mostly ends with unhappy endings.

Italy and Rome influenced the early Elizabethan tragedies to write exciting and interesting work. So it can be said that English literary contributors got influenced from them and framed their works totally inspired from their master pieces. Their master pieces were started studying and translated into English. The whole credit goes to them. The influence of Seneca was already dominated in the Elizabethan Age. The early playwriters like–Kyd, Marlowe and Shakespeare introduced the plot of revenge. Revenge as a theme is the birth of Seneca. The playwriters gave birth to new concepts and values by mentioning and explaining them in their dramas Senaca’s plays were mostly based on Greek mythological stories and showcased formal characteristics of Greek drama. Seneca provided the model of tragedy to the dramatists in England.