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Elements of Tragedy
Fall of a Regal Person
Sudden Fall
Social and Cosmological Consequences
Determinism Vs. Autonomy
External (Often Supernatural)
Influences
Multiple Deaths
Tragic Nobility
Catharsis
Anagnorisis
Hamartia
Hubris
Revenge Tragedy
Revenge Must Be Central to
the Action
Revenger Can Be a Hero or a
Villain
Action Must Involve a Blood
Revenge (Kinship)
Requires Hesitation on the Part of the
Hero
Revenger Wants to Kill Target’s Body & Soul; He Wants Revenge on Earth
and in Heaven
There Is a Visitation by the
Ghost of the Murder Victim
Often Contains Suicide
Counteraction by the Antagonist
Multiple Deaths – “Casual Slaughter”
Usually a Machiavellian
Villain
Possible Madness on the Part of the Revenger (Either real or feigned)
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