![]() ![]() Isabella has no outlet for her grief, and she has no power to exact her own revenge or otherwise get justice for her son. Isabella’s character underscores Kyd’s primary argument that revenge is not for mortal man to seek, and she highlights the struggle of women in 16th-century society as well. Before she kills herself, Isabella curses the garden and the tree Horatio was hanged from, so it may never bear fruit again. After Horatio’s death, Isabella is consumed by grief and begins to slip into insanity, and she ultimately commits suicide in the garden in the very place where Horatio was murdered. “The heavens are just,” Isabella says, “murder cannot be hid.” According to Isabella, revenge is God’s responsibility, not Hieronimo’s, and justice shall be served with His judgement. ![]() ![]() Isabella runs into the garden after Hieronimo the night Horatio is murdered by Lorenzo and Balthazar, and she warns Hieronimo not to be hasty in seeking revenge. ![]()
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