Extract question

Question 1

how do you write a summary?

Answer 1

• contextualise the extract, what is in it
• identify aspects of tragedy
• conceptualise, what is shakespeare doing here

Question 2

how should you answer the question?

Answer 2

focus on element of tragedy…
- how is it presented at the moment
- authorial methods, structure, voices, setting
- quotations to support
- happens before or after
- contribute to tragedy as a whole

Question 3

what are some typical features of tragedy

Answer 3

• tragic hero or victim or villain
• power
• pride
• death or loss
• tragic downfall
• fatal flaws and misjudgments
• fate
• anagnoris