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Aim: How can we successfully understand the difference between Greek tragedy, Shakespearean tragedy, and Miller tragedy? Do Now: Brainstorm and write down.

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1 Aim: How can we successfully understand the difference between Greek tragedy, Shakespearean tragedy, and Miller tragedy? Do Now: Brainstorm and write down everything you remember about tragedy.

2 Greek Tragedy Aristotle's definition Around 330 B.C.

3   The most important element of a tragic drama was the unique experience of CATHARSIS, the arousing of the specific emotions of pity and fear so as to dispel or purge them in the spectator.  This is tragedy defined by its emotional effect on the audience.

4 Ideal Plot  The story takes place in 24 hours.  This produces a strong emotional response.

5 Tragic Hero’s Characteristics  The hero must be of high status.  The hero must basically be a good person.  The hero has a tragic flaw that contributes to downfall. - Hubris (pride)  The hero recognizes his/her mistakes.  The hero has a reverse of position.  The hero is punished but not necessarily with death.

6 Additional Information on Greek Tragedy  There is an all male cast.  There are a minimal number of actors.  The actors wear masks.  The music is integral.  The chorus is the voice of the people, moral center.

7 Shakespearean Tragedy

8   Shakespeare includes the unique experience of CATHARSIS, the arousing of the specific emotions of pity and fear so as to dispel or purge them in the spectator.

9 Ideal Plot  Shakespearean plays do not all occur in a day or two. Many plays give the assumption that they do.

10 Tragic Hero Characteristics  The hero must be of high rank.  The hero exhibits extraordinary talents.  The hero’s greatest strength when taken to the extreme contributes to his downfall.  The hero may or may not recognize that his greatest strength when taken to the extreme contributes to his downfall.  The tragic hero always dies.

11 Arthur Miller Tragedy

12 Characteristics  The common man has relevance.  The common man has inherent unwillingness to remain passive in the face of what he conceives to be a challenge to his dignity, his image of his rightful status.  The common man never recognizes fault.  Audience is in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life to secure one thing- his sense of personal dignity.


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