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1 Shakespearean Tragedy: MACBETH

2 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

3 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??

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

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

6 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

7 Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy
Type of Characters Noble but flawed Upper class—makes it all that much more tragic…think about it…

8 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)

9 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.)

10 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

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