What kind of plays? During Shakespeares career, fashions and tastes in drama changed. – He wrote mostly comedies and history plays during the Elizabethan.
Macbeth intro
Aim: Aim: What really happened to Julius Caesar, and how can knowing this help us to understand the play? Do Now: Create a web for Caesar.
Please copy any information in BLACK into your notes. THE TRAGIC HERO.
Aristotelian Tragedy from The Poetics. Aristotle’s Definition of Tragedy Tragedy depicts the downfall of a basically good and very noble person through.
Oedipus Rex Sophocles. Greek Drama & Mythology Greek Drama and Mythology Greek tragedies were based on widely- known myths or famous historical events.
The Tragedy of Hamlet; Prince of Denmark. Elements of Tragedy according to Aristotle.
What kind of plays?
Greek Tragedy An Overview. Early History First “tragedies” were myths Danced and Sung by a “chorus” at festivals In honor of Dionysius Chorus were made.
The Theory of Tragedy - Othello
Aristotelian Tragedy in Shakespeare Structure and Conflict.
