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Types of Drama - Tragedy Macbeth-tragedy McLaughlin-Gr 11 1 DEFINITION OF A CLASSICAL TRAGEDY Comes from Aristotle: Aeschylus Euripedes Sophocles--OEDIPUS THE Macbeth-tragedy KING --ANTIGONE McLaughlin-Gr 11 2 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, REPRESENTS. 3 McLaughlin-Gr 11 3 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 . McLaughlin-Gr 11 4 Macbeth-tragedy McLaughlin-Gr 11 5