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The Essential Elements of Tragedy (Tragic Hero (A person fo status, The…
The Essential Elements of Tragedy
Tragic Hero
A person fo status
The audience must identify with the tragic hero
For the tragic hero, recognition is the essential tragic experience
Face up to his destiny
Must undertake a serious course of action
Meets with grave physical/spiritual suffering. The direction of his career in the play is always from good to bad fortune
Fate is working against the hero. No chance of a happy outcome
First the violation, and then the restoration, of order and health in society
Revenge Tragedy
Follow a similar structure
A revelation is made by the victim of a murder (ghost). Consists of an account of a past event that needs to be avenged
The avenger plans the revenge
The avenger confronts the intended victim
The avenger partially executes the plan
The avenger completes the act of vengeance
Avenger's role
It's essentially waiting one.
Villain provides with opportunity to take revenge
Villain becomes the agent of his own destruction