what defines tragedy?
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What Defines Tragedy? . Where does tragedy come from?. The Greek philosopher Aristotle first defined “tragedy” in his book Poetics written in about 330 B.C. Aristotle’s definition of tragedy had SIX parts:. Plot (Dramatic Structure) Character Thought Diction (delivery) Spectacle - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Where does tragedy come from?
The Greek philosopher Aristotle first defined “tragedy” in his book Poetics written in about 330 B.C.
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Aristotle’s definition of tragedy had SIX parts:
Plot(Dramatic Structure) CharacterThoughtDiction (delivery)Spectacle
(visual demonstration)Melody (music, rhythm, & rhyme)
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What Defines Shakespearean Tragedy?A Tragic HeroThe Tragic Flaw or HamartiaReversal of FortuneCatharsis (emotion)Restoration of Social Order
Who remembers this place?
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The Tragic HeroThe tragic hero is someone we, as an audience, look up to—someone superior.The tragic hero is a character that the audience can identify withThe tragic hero features a fatal flaw that exposes his/her weakness.
What makes each of these figures a tragic hero?
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Tragic FlawThe hero is nearly perfectThe hero has one flaw or weakness We call this the ‘tragic flaw’, ‘fatal flaw’, or hamartia.
Ex: Pride
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Reversal of FortuneThe ‘fatal flaw’ brings the hero down from his/her elevated state.
(example from this year’s curriculum?)Renaissance audiences were familiar with the ‘wheel of fortune’ or ‘fickle fate’. What goes up, must come down.Cycle of life
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CatharsisWe get the word ‘catharsis’ from Aristotle’s katharsis.‘Catharsis’ is the audience’s purging of emotions through pity, fear, anger, etc.The spectator is purged as a result of watching the hero fall.This is why we cry during movies!
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Restoration of Social OrderTragedies include:
a private element (within a family or small group) a public element (society or governmental order)
The play cannot end until society is, once again, at peace.
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