PPT-Scottsboro : An American Tragedy

Important Words for This Unit Prejudice to have an opinion about people before you know them Tolerance to accept people who are different Compassion feeling sorry for others who have bad things happen to them. Part A. Before Twentieth Century. . Western theatre originated in Athens and its drama has had a significant and sustained impact on . Western culture. as a whole.. City-State of Athens 550-220 B. C.. Objectives:. To . understand. the features of a tragedy.. To . predict. what you think that ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ will be about.. Features of a tragedy. Tragedy. is a form of . drama. based on human . Scottsboro . Circumstances. Riding the Rails During the Great Depression. Many teens left their homes or lost their homes and were forced to leave home in search of a better life. They crisscrossed the country illegally riding freight trains looking for work and begging at back doors for food and shelter. This existence was very dangerous for young black men when they traveled through the south. . What is a tragedy?. A tragedy is a drama which, according to Aristotle, depicts . the downfall . of . a. . basically . good person . through . some . fatal error . or . misjudgment (hamartia), . producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and . “All men by nature desire knowledge.”- Aristotle. Tragedy. Tragedy - . Tragedy dealt with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world crumbles around him. The three great playwrights of tragedy were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. . Tragedy . It is a . serious. work of Drama that presents the . downfall. of its . protagonist. / . hero. (person better than ourselves) who through . some error in judgment. , . weakness of character. Elizabethan. Jacobean. Revenge Tragedy. Elizabethan Drama is simply the genre of theatre originating in England during the latter half of the 16th Century, being written and performed chiefly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I from 1558-1603. It includes, but is in no way limited to, the works of William Shakespeare (his historical plays and comedies as well as his tragedies). . By: Kyle . Esty. Scottsboro Trial . B. ackground. The Scottsboro Trial was a trial involving nine African American teenage boys accused of raping two white teenage girls. . They were arrested on March 24, 1931 . Nick . Deloyola. Gurbakhs. . Bhandal. Gary Sandhu. Incident at the Train. March 24, 1931 Black and white youths. Ruby Gates is touched. Convicted of Rape. Arrest and Lynch Mob. Taken to Scottsboro Jail. Learning Targets. :. Students will be able to list common . Tragic Flaws. of a . tragic hero. .. Students will be able to identify what makes a character the . tragic hero. . Students . will . be aware of . “. The medium . is. . the. . message. .“. Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) . The Medium is the Message. Narratives . come. in different . forms. . Greek. Tragedies (. theatre. . plays. ). Aristotle’s Poetics. Definition . Tragedy is . an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. . This web quiz may appear as two pages on tablets and laptops.. I recommend that you view it as one page by clicking on the open book icon at the bottom of the page.. Market Failures (continued). ‘As . practised. in Renaissance England and in classical Greece and Rome, . tragedy is an intense exploration of suffering and evil . focused on the experience of an . exceptional individual. , distinguished by rank or character or both. Typically, it presents a steep .