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tragedy tragedy

F R O M H E R E T O 2 L E C T U R E A B R I E F H I S T O R Y O F T R A G E D Y A N D T H E T R A G I C H E R O

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HOWL

T HE T RAGEDY OF K ING L EAR A story of a king who loses his kingdom, his humanity and his most beloved daughter

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Animal

Bare Forked

H E I S L E F T T O B R A V E T H E S T O R M A S T H E C O N S E Q U E N C E S O F P R I D E A N D V A N I T Y C A S T O U T B Y H I S T W O D A U G H T E R S

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Mighty

fall

L E A R R E A P S W H A T H E S O W S

F O O L I S H L Y E X I L I N G C O R D E L I A   F O R S A Y I N G ‘ N O T H I N G ’ ‘ T H O U S H O U L D S T N O T H A V E B E E N O L D T I L L T H O U H A D S T B E E N W I S E ’ A L E S S O N

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tragedy?

W H Y A R E W E S O D R A W N T O M I S E R Y , S U F F E R I N G , W O E , F A I L U R E , D E A T H

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I T ’ S N O T S C H A D E N F R E U D E

P A G E T W O T O W A R D S A D E F I N I T I O N O F T R A G E D Y

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Misfortune Misfortune

DEF I N ES H U M A N I T Y TR AG EDY I N O U R S O CI A L CO N S C I O U S N ESS

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pathos

TR AGE DY AS PRIVAT E EX PERIENCE EL I C I TS EM OTI O NS O F F EAR AND P I T Y W E IDEN TIF Y WITH SUFFE RING TO RE F LECT AN D RE- EVALUAT E OUR OWN LI V ES A K E Y ‘E F F E CT’

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THE I NV EN TION O F TRAG E DY

P A G E T W O O R I G I N S I N AT H E N S 5 0 0 B C

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Greek

Theatre

F R O M R E L I G I O N E M E R G E D A E S C H Y L U S E U R I P I D E S S O P H O C L E S T H R E E G R E A T P L A Y W R I G H T S T R A G I C M A S K S R E P R E S E N T S T A T U S , A G E A N D G E N D E R D I O N Y S U S F E S T I V A L O F G O D O F W I N E T H E

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Civilisation

B Y G A T H E R I N G T H E M U L T I P L E P E R S P E C T I V E S O F T H E A T H E N I A N C I T I Z E N S T R A G E D Y W O U L D B E A D R I V I N G F O R C E F O R

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O N GOD S A N D K IN G S

P A G E T W O - T H R E E T H R E E R E L E V A N T W O R K S

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Gods

W O U L D B E ‘ R E A L ’ T O T H E G R E E K S T H E D I L E M M A S O F

kings

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I p h i

C l y t e m n e s t r a

I p h i g e n i a

Agamemnon demands that his daughter be sacrificed to appease the goddess Diana. In exchange, she allows his fleet to set sail for Troy. Achilles, who intended to marry Iphigenia, draws his sword. Clytemnestra here is caught between her private and civic duties. W I L L S E E K R E V E N G E F O R T H E D E A T H O F

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A D E A T H O R D E R E D B Y H E R H U S B A N D

h i Y

TO APPEASE THE GODDESS D IANA

O r e s t e i a

The

Aeschylus

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restes

O

And the furies

BLOOD FOR BLOOD IS REVENGE EVER JUSTIFIABLE?

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Medea

Antigone

v

B E T R AYA L A N D RE VENGE H A R MIN G ON E ’ S FA MI LY I ND I V I D U AL D I SSENT P R OTECTI NG O NE’S FAM I LY T W O T R A G I C H E R O I N E S W H O S E A C T I O N S W I L L L E A D T O D I S A S T E R E u r i p i d e s S

l e s

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Political

PA RT ICIPAT I O N

THE AUDIENCE ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT POWER, JUSTICE, THE ROLE OF THE STATE AS THE WILL OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMES INTO CONFLICT WITH THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY T R A G E D Y A L L O W S F O R

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IMMORTALS, JUST NOT FOR LONG

P A G E T H R E E D R A M AT I C S T R U C T U R E + T R A G I C H E R O

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T r a g i c

heroes

Shakespeare’s

N O B L E B L O O D K I N G L E A R H A M L E T C Y M B E L I N E J U L I U S C A E S A R H I G H R A N K O T H E L L O M A C B E T H C O R I O L A N U S M A R K A N T O N Y R O M E O M O N TA G U E T I T U S A N D R O N I C U S T I M O N O F AT H E N S

EACH UNDERGO A TRAGIC DOWNFALL

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Structure

Chaos

Order

POWER, PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE CORDELIA DIES LEAR DIES BEGGARY AND MADNESS ‘BARE FORKED ANIMAL’

Exposition Catastrophe Peripeteia

FOOLISHLY ABDICATES HIS THRONE

Hamartia

ENLIGHTENMENT AND HUMILITY

Anagnorisis

CONFLICT LEAR’S HUMILIATION

Climax

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W E C O U L D B E H E R O E S

P A G E F O U R I N T E R A C T I V E S E G M E N T

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H e r

INTERACTIVE SEGMENT

pick a

Create or

PAIR DISCUSSION DECIDE ON A ‘HEROIC’ CHARACTER OR CREATE YOUR OWN TRAGIC HERO (HINT: USE A FRIEND AS INSPIRATION). IDENTIFY OR INVENT

1. MY HERO - NOBLE STATURE
2. HAMARTIA - TRAGIC FLAW
3. CATASTROPHE - TRAGIC OUTCOME

NOTE TO SELF THERE ARE STRICT ACADEMIC UNDERPINNINGS TO THIS OTHERWISE SILLY ACTIVITY

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W H O I S J O E K E L L E R ?

P A G E F I V E L E T ’ S W AT C H T H R E E E X C E R P T S F R O M A L L M Y S O N S

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Joe

AN EVERYMAN FIGURE AN ‘UNEDUCATED MAN’ WITH ONLY ‘PEASANT-LIKE COMMON SENSE’ AN ACCIDENTAL ‘KILLER’ WHO SACRIFICED HIS PARTNER AND 21 INNOCENT LIVES TO PRESERVE HIS BUSINESS AND HIS FAMILY

keller

O U R T R A G I C H E R O I S A C O M M O N M A N

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Act One

SETTING: ORDER & PROSPERITY ‘TIGHT AND COMFORTABLE’ HOUSE, ‘FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS’ KELLER AS OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY MAN ‘A MAN AMONG MEN’,‘OF STOLID MIND AND BUILD’, ‘JOE MCGUTS’, ‘BUSINESS MAN’ PRIDE AND BLINDNESS ‘BEST SHOPS’, ‘BIGGER THAN EVER’, ‘RESPECTED MAN’, ‘ACOMPLISHMENT’

Exposition

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Climax

Act Two

CONFRONTATION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON ‘I WAS DYING EVERY DAY AND YOU WERE KILLING MY BOYS’ ‘WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU? YOU’RE NOT EVEN AN ANIMAL’ AN ACT OF VIOLENCE, THEN ESTRANGEMENT ‘WITH HIS FIST HE POUNDS DOWN UPON HIS FATHER’S SHOULDER…’ ‘CHRIS, MY CHRIS…’

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Act Three

Catastrophe

HE RECOGNISES HIS DUTY ‘TO HIM THEY WERE ALL MY SONS’ HE LOSES BOTH HIS SONS LARRY IS DEAD AND CHRIS WANTS HIM TO GO TO JAIL HE IS DRIVEN TO SUICIDE A SHOT IS HEARD IN THE HOUSE. THEY STAND FROZEN FOR A BRIEF SECOND

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Tragedy

Common Man

EFFECTS ON THE AUDIENCE WE SYMPATHISE WITH THE TRAGIC HERO WE QUESTION OUR OWN VALUES AND ACTIONS WE LEARN FROM THE HERO’S FAILURE

Of The

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End

The

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