Shakespearean Tragedy. Elizabethan World View Order is divinely ordained Order is disrupted in tragedy –Internal forces—human weakness –External forces—fortune/bad.

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Shakespearean Tragedy

Elizabethan World View Order is divinely ordained Order is disrupted in tragedy –Internal forces—human weakness –External forces—fortune/bad luck Order must be restored –Restorer of Order—authority figure

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Mood—Earnestness Theme –The Inevitability of Fate –Life’s dark underside Style –Elevated –Generally Verse

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Type of Characters –Noble but flawed –Upper class

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Character Motivation –Spiritual values –Feeling –Sincerity –Glorious/Failure –Spiritual Self-Realization

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Setting—Usually remote in time and place Plot –Strict Cause and Effect –“Tragic Destiny”/Fate –Inward Action (hero’s internal struggle)

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Plot –Revolution of Fortune from High to Low (Glorious/Failure) –Ends in death

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