Examine A woman killed with kindness as a domestic tradegy. (URGENT)

First we need to define what is a tragedy, and
differentiate its meaning from that of a domestic tragedy, in order to give Thomas
Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness its due
analysis.

In drama, a tragedy is a play or a composition
that will present a situation that is going to cause disgrace, ruin, or pain onto the
main characters. The thematic line of tragedy usually includes the inevitability of
fate, karma, or any other issue that renders the main characters unable to fight what is
coming to them.

The domestic tragedy is basically a less
sophisticated version of what we know as the classic dramatic tragedy, because it brings
the main idea of the play down to our level of reality. In domestic tragedies you do not
get kings, queens, nor sumptuous and complex dynamics like you would in a classic drama.
Instead, everyday people are often the main characters in these productions. Also, you
have scenes depicting the typical dynamics of life, such as having dinner, cleaning a
house, and other less than glamorous and everyday
situations.

A Woman Killed with Kindness
is set in the 17th century Yorkshire countryside, and its main characters are
a superb model of a lady, Anne, and her husband, Sir John Frankford, who is a country
gentleman.  Anne is the catalyst of tragedy in the play because she falls for another
man, and is caught. As a result, her virtue, the honor of her family, her lifestyle, her
husband's ego, and life (as she knows it) are affected negatively since she is banished
from the family, and her kids, for good. That would definitely classify this play as a
tragedy.

The aspect of domestic tragedy that is evident in
this play is that Heywood concentrates in setting up very common scenes of everyday life
in the country. This is one of the most salient elements of this play to be considered a
domestic tragedy.  Moreover, the fact that the characters are every day people suffering
from a real, yet sad, situation that could happen to anybody also make it a good example
of domestic drama.

Finally, since the ending is tragic and
people's lives are sacrificed either in life or death, it is safe to conclude that
A Woman Killed with Kindness is, indeed, an example of a domestic
drama, by every parameter.