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Parts of Tragedy
Tragic Hero Characteristics
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Examples of Tragic Heroes
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Aristotle was a student of this famous Greek philosopher in his Academy.
Who is Plato?
100
This is the metrical arrangement of words and the expression of meaning in words.
What is Diction?
100
This is the flaw that causes the hero's downfall.
What is Hamartia?
100
This word refers to the release of and thereby relief from emotions.
What is Catharsis?
100
This Greek king of Thebes is considered by Aristotle to be the ultimate tragic hero.
Who is Oedipus?
200
Aristotle was born in this year in Stagira, Greece, to father Nicomachus and mother Phaestis.
What is 384 BCE?
200
Aristotle considered this to be the least important part of tragedy.
What is Spectacle?
200
Though the hero is high in virtue, he must also be of ______________.
What is noble rank?
200
This world refers to the imitation of the real world in art and literature.
What is Mimesis?
200
This district attorney experiences a huge reversal of fortune after he loses his girlfriend and half his face to the Joker’s explosions.
Who is Harvey Dent?
300
Aristotle died in this year in Chalcis, Greece.
What is 322 BCE?
300
This part of tragedy supports the plot by revealing the personal motivations for its events.
What is Character?
300
The hero must not only have a downfall but also have a moment of ____________.
What is recognition?
300
This word refers to the reversal of fortune experienced by the hero.
What is Peripeteia?
300
Despite the inability to act being this Prince of Denmark’s tragic flaw, nearly everyone dies in his namesake play.
Who is Hamlet?
400
Aristotle tutored this future king of Macedonia in 338 BCE.
Who is Alexander the Great?
400
Aristotle considered this to be the "soul" of tragedy.
What is Plot?
400
Although the hero is not perfect, we feel bad for him because the ___________ exceeds the _______.
What is punishment and crime?
400
This word refers to the moment of recognition discovered by the hero.
What is Anagnorisis?
400
The punishment of death outweighs this millionaire living in West Egg’s crime of unrealistically obsessing over Daisy.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
500
Aristotle founded his own school called this in Athens in 335 BCE.
What is the Lyceum?
500
This is like the theme, what is relevant.
What is Thought?
500
Despite the hero's flaws, he must overall be shown in a _____________.
What is good light?
500
This word, literally “tying”, refers to plot that occurs before the climax.
What is Desis?
500
Despite murdering repeatedly in pursuit of the crown, this Scottish general’s discomfort about committing crimes shows that he is ultimately good.
Who is Macbeth?