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TRAGEDIES (Important terms (Hamartía (turning point in the fortune of the…
TRAGEDIES
Important terms
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Hamartía
turning point in the fortune of the protagonist that leads to the fall of the protagonist. A tragic error
Middle Ages: wheel of fortune. Renaissance: back to the classics: An individual is partly in charge of his failure (fortune/fate + your own actions)
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Anagnorisis
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Sh. plays with that --> King Lear dies because he recognizes the his daughter died or he dies thinking that she is alive?
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Aristotle, Poetics, Def. of Tragedy
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elevated, completed, of magnitude --> both characters (elevated in rank) than language (different form comedies!)
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Plato
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Poets should be banned from the Republic (ideal state) bc. they swear up emotions --> Emotions should be subordinate to reason (sparkles of divinity that all of us have). We need to use our reason! Drama touches emotions that's not OK.
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