Elements of Tragedy (review)

A conflict between a protagonist and a superior force (nature, God/gods, an enemy) that leads to catastrophe

• tragedy

• comedy

• drama

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

pride and arrogance; it can be an example of a tragic flaw

• hamartia

• hubris

• peripeteia

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

a tragic flaw; a failing or shortcoming that makes the hero (protagonist) vulnerable to defeat or a "fall"

• anagnorisis

• catharsis

• hamartia

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

unlucky events or circumstances

• hamartia

• unmerited misfortune

• peripeteia

sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation

• peripeteia

• hubris

• anagnorisis

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

recognition of a true identity or the real nature of a situation

• perepteia

• anagnorisis

• catharsis

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

sorrowful conclusion

• catastrophe

• catharsis

• hubris

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

emotional release (for the audience watching a tragedy; happens near the end of the tragedy or in reaction to the ending/resolution)

• catastrophe

• hamartia

• catharsis

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Othello, "The Lottery," and Of Mice and Men all offer us examples of ___________,

• strong female characters

• dramatic perfromances

• tragedy

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

In Of Mice and Men, George's hamartia is his _________, or excessive pride.

• catharsis

• hubris

• catastrophe

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6