Lenses
What is the relationship between the characters and their society?
historical/sociological
The text expands our consciousness
strangeness
A traditional tragic hero must
die
Most common reason books are banned
Sexuality Explicit content
overconfident
hero
Which behaviours of the characters are conscious ones?
psychological
The text has influence
authority
The tragic flaw of a tragic hero
Hamartia
parents
Imaginative, trusting and hopeful
the child
What moral statement, if any, does this story make? Is it explicit or implicit?
Philosophical
The text is different from how previous authors work
inventive troping
Increase in self awareness for the tragic hero
Epiphany
Famous book banned for challenging religious beliefs
Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone
Anger if they don't get their way
Magician
Is the form and content of the work influenced by the writer’s gender/sexuality?
gender/sexuality
The text is unique
originality
Creator of the tragic hero characteristics
Aristotle
Famous book banned for glorifying violence
Hunger Games
Jaime Lancaster is an example of this archetype
lover
How does the literary text, explicitly or metaphorically, represent various aspects of colonial oppression?
anti-oppression
The text is beautiful
aesthetic value
The reversal of fortune for a tragic hero
Peripeteia
Number of books burned in ww2
25 000
low on the totem pole
rebel