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Types of Drama - Tragedy
Macbeth-tragedy
McLaughlin-Gr 11
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DEFINITION OF A
CLASSICAL TRAGEDY
 Comes
from Aristotle:
 Aeschylus
 Euripedes
 Sophocles--OEDIPUS THE

Macbeth-tragedy
KING
--ANTIGONE
McLaughlin-Gr 11
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Classical Tragedy

Macbeth-tragedy
A TRAGEDY OCCURS IN
FIVE ACTS AND
CONTAINS A HERO
WHO FALLS FROM A
HIGH PLACE TO A
LOW ONE DUE TO ONE
FATAL WEAKNESS IN
HIS CHARACTER, ONE
TRAGIC FLAW. HIS
FALL INVOLVES A
DISASTER FOR A
WHOLE GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHOM HE, IN
SOME WAY,
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DEFINITION OF A
CLASSICAL TRAGEDY (con’t)

Macbeth-tragedy
AFTER THE TRAGIC
HERO’S FALL, THE GODS
SHOW HIM NO MERCY.
AT THE END, THERE IS
OFTEN A RESTORATION
OF THE RIGHTFUL
ORDER OF THE
UNIVERSE. THE
AUDIENCE MUST FEEL
BOTH FEAR AND PITY
DURING THE TRAGEDY
AND MUST EXPERIENCE
A CATHARSIS AT THE
END .
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Macbeth-tragedy
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