Tragedy presentation Shakepears for education

Tragedy presentation Shakepears

1. Shakespearean TragedyShakespearean Tragedy

2. Origins/InfluencesOrigins/Influences
•Greek Tragedy—Aristotle’s
classical definition
–Noble/Admirable Protagonist
(usually male)
–Catastrophe/Fall ending in death
–Fate/Fortune

3. Origins/InfluencesOrigins/Influences
•Greek Tragedy—Aristotle’s
classical definition
–Tragic Flaw—hamartia (character
flaw), hubris (pride)
–Catharsis (emotional purging)—
Fall evokes pity and terror in
audience

4. Origins/InfluencesOrigins/Influences
•Roman Tragedy—Seneca
–Revenge Tragedy
–Tyranny/Revenge
–Excessive Violence/Bloody Horror

5. Elizabethan World ViewElizabethan World View
•Hierarchical
•Existence followed a divinely
ordained order

6. Elizabethan World ViewElizabethan World View
–God
–Angels
–Spheres (stars/planets)
–Man
–Animals
–Plants
–Elements

7. Elizabethan World ViewElizabethan World View
–King/Queen
–Lords/Nobility
–Knights
–Gentry (landowners)/Artisans
(skilled workers)
–Merchants
–Serfs (peasants)

8. Elizabethan World ViewElizabethan World View
•Order is divinely ordained
•Order is disrupted in tragedy
–Internal forces—human weakness
–External forces—fortune/bad luck
•Order must be restored
–Restorer of Order—authority figure

9. Characteristics of Characteristics of
Shakespearean TragedyShakespearean Tragedy
•Mood—Earnestness
•Theme
–Illustrious/Serious
–Life’s dark underside
•Style
–Elevated
–Generally Verse

10. Characteristics of Characteristics of
Shakespearean TragedyShakespearean Tragedy
•Type of Characters
–Noble but flawed
–Upper class

11. Characteristics of Characteristics of
Shakespearean TragedyShakespearean Tragedy
•Character Motivation
–Spiritual values
–Feeling
–Sincerity
–Glorious/Failure
–Spiritual Self-Realization

12. Characteristics of Characteristics of
Shakespearean TragedyShakespearean Tragedy
•Setting—Usually remote in time
and place
•Plot
–Strict Cause and Effect
–“Tragic Destiny”/Fate
–Inward Action (hero’s internal
struggle)

13. Characteristics of Characteristics of
Shakespearean TragedyShakespearean Tragedy
•Plot
–Revolution of Fortune from High to
Low (Glorious/Failure)
–Ends in death

14. Characteristics of Characteristics of
Shakespearean TragedyShakespearean Tragedy
•Effect of Play on Audience
–Affects emotions
–Stirs/moves audience
–Catharsis