A.C. BRADLEY Flashcards
1
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A.C.Bradley says tragedy is ‘essentially…
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a tale of suffering and calamity conducting to death’
2
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A.C. Bradley suggests that the suffering must be…
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“ exceptional… striking … unexpected … contrasted with previous happiness or glory”
3
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What did tragedy do?
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‘It frightened men … feel that man is blind and helpless. The plaything of an inscrutable power’
A.C.Bradley
4
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A.C.Bradley speaks of ‘the…
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powerlessness of man … the omnipotence – perhaps the caprice – of Fortune or Fate’
