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The definition...
Origins
- Ancient Greek tragedy said to be the oldest surviving form of tragedy
- Having emerged sometime during the 6th century BCE
- Type of dance-drama
- Playwrights wrote these plays for Greek theatre
- Performed at religious festivals
- three most famous Greek tragedy writers were Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
tragedy
noun
1. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
2. a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
Tragedy
Notable Tragedies
What is Tragedy?
- Lope de Vega
- Jean Racine
- William Shakespeare
- Hamlet
- Macbeth
- Romeo and Juliet
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Coriolanus
- King Lear
- Timon of Athens
- Othello
Is it the...
What do tragedies have in common?
- Always death
- Nearly always ends badly for the hero or heroine or others
- Based around "hamartia" - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall
- Flaw always causes problems
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