Aim: Aim: How can we successfully How can we successfully understand the difference understand the difference between Greek tragedy, between Greek tragedy, Shakespearean tragedy, and Shakespearean tragedy, and Miller tragedy? Miller tragedy? Do Now: Do Now: Brainstorm and write down Brainstorm and write down everything you remember about everything you remember about tragedy. tragedy.

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Page 1: Aim: How can we successfully understand the difference between Greek tragedy, Shakespearean tragedy, and Miller tragedy? Do Now: Brainstorm and write down

Aim:Aim:How can we successfully How can we successfully understand the difference understand the difference between Greek tragedy, between Greek tragedy,

Shakespearean tragedy, and Shakespearean tragedy, and Miller tragedy?Miller tragedy?Do Now:Do Now:

Brainstorm and write down Brainstorm and write down everything you remember about everything you remember about

tragedy. tragedy.

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Greek TragedyAristotle's definition

Around 330 B.C.

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The most important element of a tragic drama was the unique experience of CATHARSIS, the arousing of the specific emotions of pity and fear so as to dispel or purge them in the spectator.

This is tragedy defined by its emotional effect on the audience.

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Ideal PlotIdeal Plot

The story takes place in 24 hours.

This produces a strong emotional response.

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Tragic Hero’s Tragic Hero’s CharacteristicsCharacteristics The hero must be of high status.

The hero must basically be a good person.

The hero has a tragic flaw that contributes to downfall.

- Hubris (pride)

The hero recognizes his/her mistakes.

The hero has a reverse of position.

The hero is punished but not necessarily with death.

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Additional Information on Additional Information on Greek TragedyGreek Tragedy

There is an all male cast.

There are a minimal number of actors.

The actors wear masks.

The music is integral.

The chorus is the voice of the people, moral center.

Shakespearean Tragedy

Shakespeare includes the unique experience of CATHARSIS, the arousing of the specific emotions of pity and fear so as to dispel or purge them in the spectator.

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Ideal PlotIdeal Plot

Shakespearean plays do not all occur in a day or two. Many plays give the assumption that they do.

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Tragic Hero CharacteristicsTragic Hero Characteristics The hero must be of high rank.

The hero exhibits extraordinary talents.

The hero’s greatest strength when taken to the extreme contributes to his downfall.

The hero may or may not recognize that his greatest strength when taken to the extreme contributes to his downfall.

The tragic hero always dies.

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Arthur Miller Tragedy

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CharacteristicsCharacteristics The common man has relevance.

The common man has inherent unwillingness to remain passive in the face of what he conceives to be a challenge to his dignity, his image of his rightful status.

The common man never recognizes fault.

Audience is in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life to secure one thing- his sense of personal dignity.