Tragic Elements in Shakespeare Plays

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Shakespearean Tragedies -> the protagonist of the play must be an admirable but flawed character Shakespeare tragedies -Following Aristotle: Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is admirable, complete(composed o fan introduction, a middle part anda n ending), and possesses magnitude; in language made pleasurable, each of its species separated in different parts; performed by actors, not rhough narration, effecting through pity and fear the purification of such emotions. According to Aristotle, “the structure of the best tragedy should be not simple but complex and one that represebts incidents arousing ear and pity-for that is peculiar to this formo f art” This reversal of fortune must be caused by the tragic hero’s HAMARTIA HAMLET Macbeth KING LEAR Protagonist Hamlet Macbeth King Lear Antagonist Claudius Hamlet Witches and nobleman who overthrows him Goneril/Regon Hamartia Indecision Greed, ambition Arrogance not knowing who loves him Anagnorisis Finding out Claudius killed his father leading his obsession of killing him When he realises that he has been tricked by the witches. When he realises he has ill-treated his loyal daughter Peripeteia When he has to kill Claudius as he is found out The escape of Fleance is peripeteia and he is ordered by Banquo to seek revenge He loses his mind Catharsis King of Norway burries him with all honours The death of Macbeth purges the emocional baggage of all the sins he has committed befote. Catharsis. The effect of tragedy principaly on the audience Anagnorisis. ‘Knowing again or back about human fate,

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