What style of writing was Shakespeare primarily known for?
iambic pentameter
What type of English did Shakespeare write in?
Early Modern English
What did Shakespeare use to write with?
quill pens
What do Shakespeare’s plays have in common?
The comedies have common elements: they involve lovers and they almost always have a happy ending. Ten plays are considered tragedies: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, and Timon of Athens.
What is the importance of tragedy?
The aim of tragedy, Aristotle writes, is to bring about a “catharsis” of the spectators — to arouse in them sensations of pity and fear, and to purge them of these emotions so that they leave the theater feeling cleansed and uplifted, with a heightened understanding of the ways of gods and men.
What are the four characteristics of a tragedy?
Terms in this set (7)
- Unhappy End. Main character comes to unhappy end.
- Important in Society. Hero is usually some one important in society.
- Extraordinary Abilities.
- Outside Forces/Antagonist.
- Related Events.
- Audience’s Sympathy.
- Meets Doom.
What are the two main characteristics of a tragedy?
All literary tragedies share certain characteristics:
- Protagonists who are courageous and noble and must face significant internal or external challenges.
- A heartbreaking ending that often leads to a catharsis for the audience and gives them hope for mankind.
What are three characteristics of tragedy?
Modern authors may take more creative licenses in creating their tragic heroes, but many contemporary reiterations of the tragic hero are based off these six traits.
- Noble Birth.
- Excessive Pride / Hubris.
- Tragic Flaw/ Hamartia.
- Reversal / Peripeteia.
- Self- Realization/ Anagnorisis.
- Excessive Suffering causing catharsis.
Which is the first tragedy?
The first English tragedy, Gorboduc (1561), by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton, is a chain of slaughter and revenge written in direct imitation of Seneca.