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Tragic Hero: Macbeth

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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1.

who is...

MACBETH?
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2.

tragic hero

  • A man of high estate: a king, a prince, a general, etc.
  • we will hear about him from others before we see him
  • Has a tragic flaw
  • Is prideful 
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3.

ambition

to become King is Macbeth's hamartia (fatal flaw) 
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4.

a tragic hero

struggles with his flaw
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5.

violence and isolation

 The lonely path for the tragic Hero 
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6.

others begin to

question and mobilise against him (peripeteia)
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7.

He has a moment of recognition (anagnorisis)

but it's too late!
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he makes one last attempt

to restore his honour/greatness (hurbis)
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9.

death

of the Tragic Hero
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10.

order

is restored and the audience are relieved (catharsis)
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Language of a Tragedy

  • HAMARTIA:  fatal flaw
  • HUBRIS: excessive pride
  • PERIPETEIA: sudden turn of events
  • ANAGNORISIS: self-recognition
  • CATHARSIS: purging of emotion
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literary techniques

  • Paradox 
  • Equivocation
  • Foreshadowing
  • Rhyming couplets
  • Pathetic Fallacy
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