A genre can be defined as a category or classification of a text according to it's content, form or technique. Each and every text has potential to influence its genre, so conventions of genre change over time. These changes occur because composers adapt or bend certain genres so that their texts reflect the prevalent culture or ideology of their time. When analysing the conformity of a text to a certain genre, the conventions of that genre must be taken into account, to assess the way that the text fits into it, or differs from it. The composers of The Revenger's Tragedy and Medea have modified the typical revenge tragedy to suit their context, purpose and style of their plays.

`Revenge is a kind of wild justice', Francis Bacon explains, that a person takes privately against an individual that has injured their honour, or committed some unjust act towards...