Elements of Tragedy. Fall of a Regal Person Sudden Fall.

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Elements of Tragedy

Fall of a Regal Person

Sudden Fall

Social and Cosmological Consequences

Determinism Vs. Autonomy

External (Often Supernatural) Influences

Multiple Deaths

Tragic Nobility

Catharsis

Anagnorisis

Hamartia

Hubris

Revenge Tragedy

Revenge Must Be Central to the Action

Revenger Can Be a Hero or a Villain

Action Must Involve a Blood Revenge (Kinship)

Requires Hesitation on the Part of the Hero

Revenger Wants to Kill Target’s Body & Soul; He Wants Revenge on Earth and in Heaven

There Is a Visitation by the Ghost of the Murder Victim

Often Contains Suicide

Counteraction by the Antagonist

Multiple Deaths – “Casual Slaughter”

Usually a Machiavellian Villain

Possible Madness on the Part of the Revenger (Either real or feigned)