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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

TRAGEDY

GREEK ORIGIN

ARISTOTLE HELPED DEFINE THEM

Ancient Greece

ARISTOTLE

TRAGEDIES MUST EVOKE FEAR AND PITY

Pity

Pity for someone not unlike ourselves
Protagonists of Tragedies should evoke our pity because we can see ourselves in them.

Normal Human

Between Good and Evil
If a protagonist is too perfectly good or too evil, we can't feel for them. They are either unrealistically perfect or are evil and deserve a downfall.

Fear

That In a Similar Situation We Might Do Similar Things
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SHAKESPEARE

HELPED RE-POPULARIZE TRAGEDIES
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PROTAGONIST

IS OF HIGH STATUS
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CHARACTER FOILS

CHARACTERS WHO CONTRAST WITH EACH OTHER
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CHARACTER FOILS

CHARACTERS WHO CONTRAST WITH EACH OTHER
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CHARACTER FOILS

CHARACTERS WHO CONTRAST WITH EACH OTHER
It is through contrast that characteristics stand out. The people on the left look really short when compared with the people on the right. The people on the right look like giants.
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FOILS

EMPHASIZE/UNDERSCORE THEIR PERSONALITIES THROUGH CONTRAST
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FALLS

PROTAG. FALLS DUE TO A CHARACTER FLAW
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COMEDY RELIEF

STRESS IS BROKEN BY LIGHTER MOMENTS
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CLIMAX

HAPPENS IN ACT 3

Climax

 A Turning Point
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THE END

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