PPT-Elements of a Shakespearean Tragic Hero

The hero is a person of high rank The hero is an extraordinary and admirable man The hero has a basic character flaw tragic flaw which leads to his downfall usually death Hubris excessive pride that results in the heros downfall . Act Four/Five Analysis. Predictions (Quote the 2nd set of predictions for Macbeth; explain how they come to fruition).  . BEWARE MACDUFF . -. Macduff. kills him in the end. NEVER VANQUISHED TIL BIRNAM WOOD COMES TO DUNSINANE HILL . Character: The Tragic Hero. Three Types of Heroes. Epic Hero. Tragic Hero. Epic Hero. Possesses superhuman strength, craftiness, and confidence.. Tragic Hero. Epic Hero. Possesses superhuman strength, craftiness, and confidence.. Tragic Hero?. Murderer?. Madman?. Victim?. Macbeth – . the tragic Hero. What is a “tragic hero”?. A character who . makes . an error of . judgment . or . has a . fatal flaw.. The. . error of judgment (believing in lies or gossip or threats) . “By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.”. Introduction. Written by William Shakespeare in 1605. Macbeth is a man who overthrows the rightful King of Scotland. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth at the beginning of King James I reign. Frayer: Tragic Hero. Tragic Hero. Characteristics of a tragic hero: Major Four. Position: ( notes). Tragic Flaw: (notes). Reversal: (notes). Recognition: (notes). Vocabulary:. Peripetea:. Hamartia:. Catastrophe:. The Tragic Process. The Tragic Hero. In Shakespeare’s era, a tragedy always focused on the tragic protagonist:. A person of high stature whose personal flaw causes him to choose wrongly.. Progression of the Tragic Process . a literary art form.. The Greek Theater. Thespis: ? Given credit for being the first to put an individual actor on the stage., separate from the chorus.. Aeschylus (525B.C.-456 B.C.): Put two actors on the stage together, separate from the chorus, in order to create conflict.. Author Study Questions. Canto 1 & 3 Questions. Canto 5 & 34 Questions. Hero’s Journey Tracking Sheet. Macbeth Vocab Part I. Tragedy: . a play dealing with tragic events that has an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of a main character.. Tragedy. Drama where the central character(s) suffer disaster/great misfortune. Definition:. "Tragedy, then, is a process of imitating an action which has serious implications, is complete, and possesses magnitude; by means of language which has been made sensuously attractive, with each of its varieties found separately in the parts; enacted by the persons themselves and not presented through narrative; through a course of pity and fear completing the purification . Please copy into the Class Notes section of your notebook. Vocabulary needed to understand a . Tragic Hero. …. Catharsis . – Greek, meaning to purify, purge, or clean. Audience feels a combination of pity and fear as they watch the hero’s terrible fate unfold.. 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. . “. A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” – . Aristotle. Remember this…. Tragic hero = protagonist who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her downfall. a literary art form.. The Greek Theater. Thespis: ? Given credit for being the first to put an individual actor on the stage., separate from the chorus.. Aeschylus (525B.C.-456 B.C.): Put two actors on the stage together, separate from the chorus, in order to create conflict..