Tragedy

1. ARISTOTLE (4th cent. BCE) --

The Poetics

2. MEMESIS = REPRESENTATION (IMITATION)

• PROTAGONIST =

• ANTAGONIST =

  
  
  

3. TRAGEDY = REPRESENTATION OF A SERIOUS ACTION, EFFECTING A CATHARSIS

THROUGH

• PITY

• FEAR

4. TRAGIC HERO =

THE PROTAGONIST

WHOM WE RESPECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAY, BUT WHO VIOLATES SOME PRINCIPLE BECAUSE OF AN INNER FLAW (THE TRAGIC FLAW). WE LOSE RESPECT FOR THE HERO, BUT UNTIMATELY THAT HERO RETAINS SOME NOBILITY OF CHARACTER.

JIM MORRISON'S GRAVE IN PARIS

GREEK TRAGIC HERO

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RENAISSANCE TRAGIC HERO

ANAGNORISIS = RECOGNITION

PERIPETEIA = REVERSAL