Now That’s a Tragedy! Things Fall Apart, Ch. 7-8.

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Now That’s a Tragedy! Things Fall Apart, Ch. 7-8

Tragedy: a type of drama or literature… Examples: “Oedipus the King,” Sophocles “Hamlet,” William Shakespeare “Death of a Salesman,” Arthur Miller

…that shows the downfall or destruction…

…of a noble or outstanding person. Traditionally, this noble person possesses a character weakness called a tragic flaw. Sometimes, it’s the best part of their character – the part that brought them their fame and fortune – that leads to their destruction.

This tragic hero is caught up…

…in a sequence of events resulting in disaster.

Catharsis: How we (the audience) feel Because the protagonist is neither a wicked villain nor an innocent victim, the audience reacts with mixed emotions – both pity and fear, according to Aristotle, who defined tragedy in his Poetics.

Catharsis: How we (the audience) feel “Saying Yes to life even in its strangest and most painful episodes, the will to life rejoicing in its own inexhaustible vitality even as it witnesses the destruction of its greatest heroes — that is what I called Dionysian, that is what I guessed to be the bridge to the psychology of the tragic poet. Not in order to be liberated from terror and pity, not in order to purge oneself of a dangerous affect by its vehement discharge — which is how Aristotle understood tragedy — but in order to celebrate oneself the eternal joy of becoming, beyond all terror and pity — that tragic joy included even joy in destruction." – Friedrich Nietzsche

The tragic ending The outcome of tragedy, in which the protagonist is isolated from society, contrasts with the happy resolution of a comedy, in which the protagonist makes peace with society.