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Macbeth , what a shame.

Macbeth , what a shame. The Concept of Tragedy in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (with notes from Dr. R. Dupcic ). What’s tragic in our every day lives?. Mr. Roynon dropped his blueberry muffin in a puddle this morning. Mr. Roynon dropped 6 donuts in a puddle this morning.

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Macbeth , what a shame.

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  1. Macbeth, what a shame. The Concept of Tragedy in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (with notes from Dr. R. Dupcic)

  2. What’s tragic in our every day lives? • Mr. Roynon dropped his blueberry muffin in a puddle this morning. • Mr. Roynon dropped 6 donuts in a puddle this morning. • Mr. Roynon dropped his iPhone in a puddle this morning. • Mr. Roynon dropped his iPhone in a puddle after previously loading all his Justin Bieber tracks on to it this morning. • Mr. Roynon dropped his iPhone into a puddle and lost all of his pictures of his family this morning. • Mr. Roynon dropped his iPhone into a puddle and lost all his pictures including the only earthly copy of his photo with Mother Teresa. • Mr. Roynon dropped dead unexpectedly. • Mr. Roynon dropped dead whilst greedily chasing a Timbit across the road. What makes something tragic? What increases the level of tragedy in a situation. Can the level of tragedyget any worse than these examples?

  3. If any of these tragedies happened to somebody important or well-respected we’d be more affected, right? • Right. That is what Aristotle (the Greek guy who first said anything about this) said tragedy actually was; a fall from greatness. • For tragedy to work, we have to care a little about the character involved, but it is more important that we look up to him/her.

  4. Let’s break it down… • Tragedy is a imitation of life (realistic) telling of events terrible and pitiful. • The impact of tragedy is greatest when the events come to us by surprise, and when they follow a pattern….

  5. Tragedy is a story structure that is a lot like the monomyth. Only much, much sadder. Begin with a great person. Someone with noble means and who is acknowledged as good. The only problem? They have a weakness or frailty (called Hamartia) a tragic character flaw. Then stick them in a story…

  6. How does it unfold? • Peripeteia (reversal of intention) • What the hero had intended is ironically reversed and the action veers around to its opposite.

  7. And then? • Anagnorisis (realization, knowledge) • As the tragic hero’s fortune veers around to its opposite, the tragic hero must have a moment where he/she realises what is going on/wrong.

  8. And then? • Catharsis (cleansing, purifying) • As we witness the perepeteia and anagnorisis on the page, stage, or screen, pity is aroused. Then, in a cathartic moment, our pity is released and we (hopefully) realize a truth about the human condition.

  9. And then? No “And then?”

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