Intro to Comedy & Tragedy

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COMEDY

TRAGEDY

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performed

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ON A STAGE

TRAGIC THEMES

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“Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime

without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world

crumbles around him. ”-PBS.org

GREAT PLaywrights of tragedy

Aeschylus Sophocles EuripidesPhoto Credit: Julius No

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sophoclesHippolytus

AeschylusAgamemnon

Prometheus Bound

euripidesAntigone

Oedipus the King

“Tragedy, then, is a process of imitating an action which has serious implications, is complete, and possesses

magnitude; by means of language which has been made sensuously attractive, with sach of its varieties found

separately in the parts; enacted by the persons themselves and not presented through narrative; through a course of pity and fear completing the

purification (catharsis, sometimes translated “purgation”) of such emotions. ”-Aristotle

we need something more simple!

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“Tragedy depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some

fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear

on the part of the audience.”-David simpson

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six levels of

importance

thoughtcharacterplot

spectaclemelodydiction

-Aristotle

phases of tragedy

•Greek •Roman (Greek adaptations)

•English Renaissance

•Modern •Hollywood

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now a subgenre of drama

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hey, wait! don’t forget about comedy!

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anarchistic comedy

(Aristophanes, 446 BCE)

romantic comedy

(Menander, 342 BCE)

“…focuses on characters (or a character) who come up with an

unusual idea, which after surmounting certain obstacles they succeed in

carrying out, thus transforming society.

”-a. horton

anarchistic comedy

“…is sympathetic comedy that presents the adventures of young lovers trying to overcome social, psychological, or interpersonal constraints to achieve a

successful union.

”-D.k. wheeler

Romantic comedy

comic climates

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farce irony humor satirePhoto Credit: Cpt. Brick

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high comedyword wit

low comedyPhoto Credit: kingkong21

physical actions; vulgarities