Tis Pity She's a Whore Genre: What is the Genre of the Play? How did it exhibit the characteristics of a tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, or melodrama?

Tis Pity She's a Whore is an example of a tragedy play. It is clear that it is a tragedy because the two main characters Giovanni and Anabella have an incestuous sexual relationship which results in their deaths as well as the deaths of many others.

Plot: How did the plot work? Where in the play did the exposition occur? Where was the climax? Where was the crisis? What instances of foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal are present? Was the plot a significant part of the play? Why?

The plot of the play is that two people, a brother and sister fall in love and have a sexual relationship. She is forced to marry because she is pregnant which is the crisis because she cannot marry her brother and must wed before the pregnancy is apparent. Foreshadowing is present in the character of Hippolita who vows to murder Soranzo with her accomplice...

From their discussion, the reader learns that Soranzo is a man who will do desperate things to quench his sexual appetites. Also when she dies, she curses the couple who of course will later meet horrid ends. The accidental death of Bergetto also shows the importance that discovery, reversal (after it is learned that Richardetto is alive) and impulse will have later on. The play is very plot-heavy and the plot is a significant part of the play because it is events rather than character which drives the action.
3. Protagonist: Who was the protagonist? How did his or her actions and decisions move the plot? Was the protagonist active or passive?

The protagonist is Giovanni. By telling his sister of his love, he set into action all the later events of the story. Had he kept silent, Annabella would not have returned his declarations of love and they would not have slept together and gotten pregnant. He was passive in that he allowed the marriage ceremony to take place but active in…