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3 Macbeth-tragedyMcLaughlin-Gr 112 DEFINITION OF A CLASSICAL TRAGEDY  Comes from Aristotle:  Aeschylus  Euripedes  Sophocles--OEDIPUS THE KING  --ANTIGONE

4 Macbeth-tragedyMcLaughlin-Gr 113 Classical 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

5 Macbeth-tragedyMcLaughlin-Gr 114 DEFINITION OF A CLASSICAL TRAGEDY (con’t) 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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