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British Drama

Notes 5. Write the two characters each of
(a) Tragic hero (b) Character (c) Melody

6. Explain the relation among the concepts of hamartia, recognition and catharsis.
7. What are the six elements of tragedy as distinguished by Aristotle?
8. What are the inclusions of a complex plot?
9. Explain the term hamartia in terms of character of a tragic hero.
10. Write short notes on the folowing terms:
(a) Consistency (b) Appropriateness (c) Peripeteia
11. Illustrate that catharsis is the end of a tragedy.
12. Elaborate the role of plot in a tragedy.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c)
4. (d) 5. (a) 6. complex
7. piteous 8. musical element 9. katharsis
10. painful 11. True 12. False
13. True 14. False 15. True
16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c)
19. (d) 20. (a) 21. justice
22. outrage 23. fatal flaw 24. great repute
25. blood relative 26. True 27. False
28. True 29. True 30. True

1.6 Further Readings

Banham, Martin, (ed.). 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University
Press, UK.
Barker, Howard. 1989. Arguments for a Theatre. 3rd ed. John Calder, London.
Carlson, Marvin. 1993. Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey from the
Greeks to the Present. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
Robert W. Corrigan. 2000. Classical Tragedy—Greek and Roman: Eight Plays with Critical
Essays. Applause Books.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/601884/tragedy
http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/Aristotle_Tragedy.html
http://www.paredes.us/tragedy.html
http://vccslitonline.cc.va.us/tragedy/aristotle.htm
http://www.britaininprint.net/shakespeare/study_tools/tragic_hero.html

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