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Thursday, October 8 th, 2015 Please take out your Poetry Analysis Packet from yesterday, your Writer’s Notebook, and the Hamlet script you were given Monday.

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1 Thursday, October 8 th, 2015 Please take out your Poetry Analysis Packet from yesterday, your Writer’s Notebook, and the Hamlet script you were given Monday.

2 AP Poetry Analysis Packet Please label your thesis Please label your outline Please label your body paragraphs Please staple it to your packet and turn it in.

3 Homework: Read Hamlet Act 1, Scene 1. Please answer the questions in the margins on the script I provided you on Monday: Due tomorrow. Finish taking notes over the lecture (powerpoint will be on my website; due next Thursday {hint, hint, hint}

4 Tragedy Lecture Please take out paper and a pen or pencil to take notes.

5 Shakespearean Tragedy

6 What is tragedy? How would you define it based upon what you already know or have experienced?

7 Tragedy is…

8 Origins/Influences Greek Tragedy—Aristotle’s classical definition

9 Copy the Structure of Tragedy (triangle) on the board

10 Origins/Influences Elements of Aristotle’s Tragedy & in order of importance: 1.Plot 2.Noble/Admirable Protagonist (usually male) (Tragic Hero) {Tragic Flaw—hamartia (character flaw), hubris (pride)} 3.Thought 4.Diction 5.Song/Melody 6.Spectacle End: Catharsis (purging, cleansing)

11 Origins/Influences Roman Tragedy—Seneca –Revenge Tragedy –Tyranny/Revenge –Excessive Violence/Bloody Horror

12 Elizabethan World View On the board: Copy!!

13 Elizabethan 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

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

15 Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Type of Characters –Noble but flawed –Upper class

16 Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Character Motivation –Spiritual values –Feeling –Sincerity –Glorious/Failure –Spiritual Self-Realization

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

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

19 Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedy Effect of Play on Audience –Affects emotions –Stirs/moves audience –Catharsis

20 Hamlet Activity You and your group will create a relationship map for the characters listed in the Dramatis Personae. You will only use the information relayed on the script provided to you on Monday. How you choose to organize your relationship map will be determined by your group. Creativity will be awarded!!

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