Shakespearean Tragedy: MACBETH

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Shakespearean Tragedy: MACBETH

Greek Tragedy: Aristotle’s classical definition from Poetics Origins/Influences Greek Tragedy: Aristotle’s classical definition from Poetics revolves around a noble/admirable protagonist (usually male) Protagonist suffers catastrophe/fall from grace concerns concepts of fate/fortune/destiny

Aristotle’s classical definition (con’t) Origins/Influences Aristotle’s classical definition (con’t) hamartia : tragic flaw(character flaw), hubris (pride) catharsis (an emotional purging)— the fall of the protagonist evokes pity and terror in audience—could this happen to me??

Elizabethan England Hierarchical—citizens are ranked by social class Existence followed a divinely ordained order—kings and queens are ordained by God

Elizabethan England King/Queen Lords/Nobility Knights Gentry (landowners)/Artisans (skilled workers) Merchants Serfs (peasants)

Elizabethan England 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 Type of Characters Noble but flawed Upper class—makes it all that much more tragic…think about it…

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Setting—Usually remote in time and place Plot cause and effect “tragic destiny”/fate inward action (hero’s internal struggle/conflict)

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Plot Revolution of Fortune from High to Low (Glorious/Failure) Ends in the hero’s downfall (death, loss of loved ones, status, livelihood, etc.)

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Effect of the play on the audience - stirs/moves audience elicits strong negative emotions--comic relief is needed -the Nurse in R and J -the Porter in Macbeth -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Hamlet Catharsis