The play can build itself upon another suitable definition of tragedy, for example Aristotle's. ... Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Aristotle stresses diction is important to make a tragedy believable. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The play can build itself upon another suitable definition of tragedy, for example Aristotle's. ... Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Aristotle stresses diction is important to make a tragedy believable. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The play can build itself upon another suitable definition of tragedy, for example Aristotle's. ... Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Aristotle stresses diction is important to make a tragedy believable. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The play can build itself upon another suitable definition of tragedy, for example Aristotle's. ... Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Aristotle stresses diction is important to make a tragedy believable. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The play can build itself upon another suitable definition of tragedy, for example Aristotle's. ... Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Aristotle stresses diction is important to make a tragedy believable. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The play can build itself upon another suitable definition of tragedy, for example Aristotle's. ... Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Aristotle stresses diction is important to make a tragedy believable. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The play can build itself upon another suitable definition of tragedy, for example Aristotle's. ... Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Aristotle stresses diction is important to make a tragedy believable. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The play can build itself upon another suitable definition of tragedy, for example Aristotle's. ... Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Aristotle stresses diction is important to make a tragedy believable. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

However, the question of whether or not Hamlet portrays the role of a tragic hero, according to the definition set by Aristotle, is not as clearly defined. ... According to Aristotle, there is a set criteria for one to follow in order to be a tragic hero. ... While the following traits were not literally described by Aristotle, they are typical of most tragic heroes throughout literary history. ... There are some small differences in the tragic hero role that Hamlet fills and that described by Aristotle. ...

• Word Count: 892
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

As defined by Aristotle, a tragic play has a beginning, middle, and end; unity of time and place; a tragic hero; and the concept of catharsis. ... Aristotle defined catharsis as the purging of the emotions of fear and pity. ...

• Word Count: 533
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• Grade Level: High School

According to Aristotle, there are three elements in stage two of catharsis (The cathartic moment), which includes the highest of misery, the fall of shields, which protected him from an ultimate truth about himself, as well as the hero's moment of enlightenment. ... Not only are all of the necessary elements of the cathartic moment present in Oedipus, which conforms almost perfectly to the true tragic form as outlined by Aristotle, but also, Oedipus, who is the king of Thebes, is of a high social status compared to the average reader. Aristotle's requirement of a single tragic flaw i...

• Word Count: 3952
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Critics have noted his disregard for Aristotle's rules regarding literary unities, but in the words of Pope, "To judge of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rules, is like trying a man by the laws of one country who acted under those of another"." ...

• Word Count: 1032
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hamlet as an Aristotelian Tragedy According to the Aristotelian view of tragedy, a tragic hero must fall through his or her own error. This is typically called the "tragic flaw", and can be applied to any characteristic that causes the downfall the hero. Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ca...

• Word Count: 584
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• Grade Level: High School

The Revenge Tragedy The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late Elizabethan and Jacobean period for both literary and cultural reasons. Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (1587) helped to establish the popularity of the genre, and it was followed by The Revenger's Tragedy (1606), publi...

• Word Count: 583
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To be or not to be a Tragic Hero In the 4th century B.C., Aristotle defined the characteristics of a tragic hero. According to Aristotelian dramatic theory, a tragic hero is usually a man of noble standing and good character who possesses a tragic flaw, or hamartia, which eventually contributes...

• Word Count: 814
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School