Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so. Its dramaturgical structure, like that of his earlier ' Sturm und Drang ' play Götz von Berlichingen (1773), is heavily influenced by Shakespearean tragedy. Egmont know that magazines offer the perfect opportunity to do all of these things together. ... ...n another; he invites guests as usual, is merry and entertaining at table, plays at dice, shoots, and at night steals to his mistress. Joseph von Eichendorff – Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts, Joseph von Eichendorff – The Marble Statue. Excessive Violence Egmont was an early victim, but his martyrdom, with that of Count Horn, and later the assassination of William of Orange, roused the Netherlands to a resistance that ended only with the complete throwing off of the Spanish yoke. The regent has been appointed several states by her brother, who is the king of Spain. Egmont marks Goethe s distinct departure from the emotional excesses of the Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) movement, though the play remains a hagiographie treatment of a hero s struggle. Beethoven wrote it between October 1809 and June 1810, and it was premiered on 15 June 1810. He was received by the King with every appearance of cordiality, but shortly after his return home the Duke of Alva was sent to the Netherlands with instructions to put down with an iron hand all resistance to his master's will.