Unit 4 tragic hero’s q

Question 1

Catharsis

Answer 1

Sense of relief after reassessing emotions like crying (audience)

Question 2

Hamartia

Answer 2

Tragic flaw

Question 3

Dramatic irony

Answer 3

When the audience knows something that characters don’t

Question 4

Hubris

Answer 4

When you’re so arrogant it causes your downfall

Question 5

Fate

Answer 5

When something is already decided and the characters try to get away from it (they can’t)

Controlled by gods

Question 6

Oracle

Answer 6

A person who tells you your future (through gods)

Question 7

Characteristics of a tragic hero (7)

Answer 7

Noble stature
Tries to be moral
Hamartia
Free choice
The punishment exceeds the crime
Hero has increased awareness
Produces catharsis in the audience

Question 8

tragic genre (5)

Answer 8

traditional plot arc
Tragic hero w hamartia
Chorus
Fate n relationship w gods
Catharsis

Question 9

Traditional plot arc

Answer 9

exposition
Inciting incident
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
Denouement