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POACHEDGeza the RhinoTold by the veterinarian who attended himDr William FowldsPOACHEDFREE EBOOK Please Read Please ShareBy Dr William Fowlds Compliments of Nikela wwwNikelaorg April 20122Geza and h. 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) . 1. Verbal Irony. the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.. In other words, you . say. . one thing. but actually . mean the opposite.. Verbal Irony. “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. Euripides’ . Alcestis. Alcestis and Admetus. Etruscan vase. “She . never can be hurt again.. For her a thousand cares are over —. . she is sublime.. But I, who have no title to be living. and I have overstepped my mark,. Aristotle’s . Poetics :. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E). Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and educator. He had many students who would follow his philosophy and openly debate and discuss his teachings. . Aeschylus’ . Agamemnon. 2. Agenda. Tragedy in Performance. “Words, Endless Words”—Role . of the Chorus. Recap & Update. Tragic Patterns, Tragic Themes in Aeschylus’ . Agamemnon. Discussion. Tragedy and . Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare: The man. 1563-1616. Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Wrote 37 plays, about 154 sonnets, and started as an actor. Main actor and principal playwright was Lord Chamberlain’s Men theater company. 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:. Tragedies and. The Tragic Hero. Tragedy. A story about an important and heroic figure, who by his own fault and his fate causes his downfall.. Should evoke “fear and pity”: . F. ear that if this could happen to a great man it could happen to any man;. :. Military Intervention, the Tragic and . Rescuing the . Human. Daniel. M. Bell, Jr.. CGSCF Ethics Symposium 2016. Niccolo. Machiavelli . Many . men have imagined republics and principalities that never really existed at all. Yet the way men live is so far removed from the way they ought to live that anyone who abandons what is for what should be pursues his downfall rather than his preservation; for a man who strives after goodness in all his acts is sure to come to ruin, since there are so many men who are not good. Hence it is necessary that a prince who is interested in survival learn to be other than good, making use of this capacity or refraining from it according to the need.. 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 . 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 . “. 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. Aristotle and the origin of tragedy. Aristotle created a definition of tragedy, and what we need to consider, is a) if Macbeth fits that definition and b) if not, can we still define Macbeth as a tragic hero..