Tragedy

When we gain wisdom and knowledge from the Chorus at the end of the play and get a release from our fear and pity, what is this?

• denoument

• catharsis

• miasma

• hamartia

Tragedy

• unhappy ending

• happy ending

• lost a battle

• powerful

Tragedy should focus on a mostly good character who is

• brought higher

• brought low

• loved by all

• misunderstood

What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?

• Hubris

• Stichomythia

• Hamartia

• Ode

A dramatic play that tells the story of a character who meets an untimely and unhappy death or downfall, often because of a specific character flaw or twist of fate.

• tragedy

• comedy

• verse

• prologue

a play of serious actions that ends unhappily

• blank verse

• dramatic irony

• tragedy

• comedy

____________________ is a piece of serious drama with an unhappy ending.

• Script

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• Play

Why is Romeo and Juliet a tragedy rather than a comedy?

• ends in marriage

• everyone dies

• ends with a song

• everyone lives

plays with a sad ending, usually with death

• tragedy

• comedy

• sonnet

• drama

an unhappy ending

• tragedy

• comedy

• plot