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Renaissance Tragedy Andre' Stewart & Ben McHenry

Definition Revived the classical Greek tragedy fusing Elizabethan drama and storyline complexities with a more morbid ending. Where The Protagonist usually dies.

Tragedy Most Plays of this type deal with monarchy. Where it has to do with a king or prince dying

Some Examples Hamlet and Macbeth

Aristotle Believed in the fact that tragedy is based on pre-determined fate. Also you cannot change it even if you try.

Elizabethan Believed that you had the power to do great things everyday and nothing is predetermined. That everyday is like floating.

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