The Spanish Tragedy
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Act 1, Scene 1 Act 1, Scene 2 Act 1, Scene 3 Act 1, Scene 4 Act 1, Scene 5 Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 2, Scene 3 Act 2, Scene 4 Act 2, Scene 5 Act 2, Scene 6 Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2 Act 3, Scene 3 Act 3, Scene 4 Act 3, Scene 5 Act 3, Scene 6 Act 3, Scene 7 Act 3, Scene 8 Act 3, Scene 9 Act 3, Scene 10 Act 3, Scene 11 Act 3, Scene 12 Act 3, Scene 13 Act 3, Scene 14 Act 3, Scene 15 Act 4, Scene 1  Act 4, Scene 2 Act 4, Scene 3 Act 4, Scene 4 Act 4, Scene 5
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All Themes Revenge and Justice Class, Gender, and Society Love and Madness Betrayal
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Characters
All Characters Hieronimo Lorenzo Bel-Imperia Horatio The Ghost of Andrea Balthazar Revenge Pedringano Cyprian, Duke of Castile Isabella Alexandro Villuppo Bazulto Serberine Viceroy of Portugal King of Spain Lorenzo’s Page Portuguese Ambassador
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All Symbols Bel-Imperia’s Scarf The Box 
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The Spanish Tragedy

by

Thomas Kyd

The Spanish Tragedy: Act 3, Scene 8 Summary & Analysis

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LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Spanish Tragedy, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Revenge and Justice
Class, Gender, and Society
Love and Madness
Betrayal
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Analysis
Isabella enters with her maid. The maid has given Isabella herbs to calm her, but she has nothing to ease Isabella’s heartache. There is no medicine that can cure her disease, Isabella says. She “runs lunatic” around the room, crying for Horatio, and exits. 
Isabella is clearly going insane. Her love for her son and the pain of his loss is too much to bear. She has no real outlet for her grief, nor does she have the power as a woman to seek justice for Horatio.
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