AnIntroductiontoTragedy课程.pptVIP

“Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair” Tragedy in the classical tradition: spectacle of suffering. From this comes “Catharsis” or “cleansing,” usually from strong feeling. Most tragedies show the rise and fall of a great man. This man/woman is very close to being a hero, but has a Fatal Flaw, called a ‘Hamartia.’ During the Early 1600s, Shakespeare is generally held to have written and performed his four best tragedies. Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear. Macbeth is written between 1603-1607, and performed in 1611. This makes it the last written of Shakespeare’s great tragedies. After the De