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What is Tragedy?

Origins of Tragedy The Greek philosopher Aristotle first defined tragedy in his book Poetics written in about 330 BCE

Shakespearean Tragedy A Tragic Hero The Tragic Flaw-Hamartia Reversal of Fortune Anagnorisis Catharsis Restoration of Social Order –Denouement

The Tragic Hero The tragic hero is someone we, as an audience, look up to—someone superior. A promising protagonist

Tragic Flaw The hero is nearly perfect- The hero has one flaw or weakness We call this the “tragic flaw,” “fatal flaw,” or hamartia.

Reversal of Fortune The “fatal flaw” brings the hero down from his/her elevated state. Renaissance audiences were familiar with the “wheel of fortune” or “fickle fate.” What goes up, must come down.

anagnorisis Anagnorisis (“recognition," "knowing again," "knowing back," or "knowing throughout”) A change from ignorance to awareness. Recognition scenes in tragedy are of some horrible event or secret, such as a true motive or acknowledgement of fault. A plot with tragic reversals and recognitions best arouses pity and fear.

Catharsis “Catharsis” is the audience’s purging of emotions through pity (for the character’s tragedy) and fear (that it could happen to us – or anyone). The spectator is purged as a result of watching the hero fall, and, hopefully, learns a vicarious lesson.

This is why we cry during movies!

Restoration of Social Order Tragedies include a private and a public element The play cannot end until society is, once again, at peace.

The End Do Your Homework!