Thursday, October 8th, 2015
Please take out your Poetry
Analysis Packet from
yesterday, your Writer’s
Notebook, and the Hamlet
script you were given
Monday.
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.
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}
Tragedy Lecture
Please take out paper and a pen or pencil to take
notes.
Shakespearean Tragedy
What is tragedy?
How would you define it
based upon what you
already know or have
experienced?
Tragedy is…
Origins/Influences
Greek Tragedy—Aristotle’s
classical definition
Copy the Structure
of Tragedy (triangle)
on the board
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)
Origins/Influences
• Roman Tragedy—Seneca
– Revenge Tragedy
– Tyranny/Revenge
– Excessive Violence/Bloody Horror
Elizabethan World View
On the board: Copy!!
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
Characteristics of
Shakespearean Tragedy
• Mood—Earnestness
• Theme
– Illustrious/Serious
– Life’s dark underside
• Style
– Elevated
– Generally Verse
Characteristics of
Shakespearean Tragedy
• Type of Characters
– Noble but flawed
– Upper class
Characteristics of
Shakespearean Tragedy
• Character Motivation
– Spiritual values
– Feeling
– Sincerity
– Glorious/Failure
– Spiritual Self-Realization
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)
Characteristics of
Shakespearean Tragedy
• Plot
– Revolution of Fortune from High to
Low (Glorious/Failure)
– Ends in death
Characteristics of
Shakespearean Tragedy
• Effect of Play on Audience
– Affects emotions
– Stirs/moves audience
– Catharsis
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!!