Hip Hop or Shakespeare?
Froze up like a mannequin.
Hip Hop
Lost Ones - J. Cole
The protagonist is a character of noble birth who has qualities the audience can empathize with but who also has flaws and is fated to doom.
Tragic Hero
From western Philadelphia I hail,
where in my youth I'd play upon the green
'til - rue the day! - I found myself assail'd
by ruffians contemptible and mean.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Where does Macbeth take place?
Scotland!
When you do dance, I wish you a wave of the sea.
Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale
This flaw leads to the hero's downfall and demise.
Tragic Flaw
- If you truly did wish to win my hand,
you should have graced it with a wedding band
Single Ladies
A metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
I didn't cry, because my anger wouldn't let me feel for a stranger.
Hip Hop
Dear Mama -Tupac
A character who contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
Character Foils
This verse I'll proffer for each charming belle
most beautiful and virtuous, although
my looks and garments do beguile as well:
I must upon myself a kiss bestow.
- For there uptown, we'll rhythm's mission serve;
if thou dost not believe, hark! Observe!
Uptown Funk
What famous rapper cited Shakespeare as a major influence?
Tupac
Count myself a king of infinite space.
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Tragic heroes always lose because the demands they make on life are excessive.
The hero is incapable of compromising
E'er since I left the city, thou hast rous'd
coarse rumors 'round thy honor once pristine.
'Tis said thou'st champagne quaff'd and long carous'd
with womenfolk I ne'er before have seen.
- A new dispatch could only mean one thing;
'tis only love late couriers can bring.
Hotline Bling
A dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking aloud while alone on stage, or while under the impression of being alone.
Soliloquy
A sword sliced the air.
She - Tyler the Creator
This can be a problem facing the hero as a result of the plot or a "bad guy" character or an internal struggle.
Internal and External Conflicts
- No carnal act between us hath transpir'd;
therefore, the kid is not a son I've sir'd
Billie Jean
A literary work dealing with very serious and important themes in which a tragic hero meets destruction usually through some personal weakness or flaw
A tragedy