| tragedy | an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artful ornament, the several kinds being found in sperate parts of the play, and in the form of action, not of narration; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgatoon of these and similar emotions. |
| imitation | getting at the heart of the situation; finding the universal in the particular. |
| imitation in Macbeth | Macbeth’s story, universal: the affect of guilt on the human being/ how murder is always self murder OR Macbeth’s actions, universal: human action |
| imitation in things fall apart | … |
| magnitude | the action and characters must rise above the ordinary. Plays had to revolve around kings, gods, or great military leaders bc it emphasizes their tragic fall. |
| magnitude in Macbeth | Macbeth’s heroic image in battle. His thane titles and King title. |
| magnitude in Things Fall Apart | Okonkwo has many titles, high economic status- many wives, huge yam barns, throwing of the cat |
| ornament | diction and song |
| ornament in Macbeth | central ornament: iambic pentameter. also rhyming and chanting. the change in ornament emphasizes different parts of the play and importance. |
| ornament in Things Fall Apart | … |
| Purgation AKA catharsis | the cleansing that the audience experiences at the end of the play. We feel fear for the fate of the main character and we pity them. |
| catharsis in Macbeth | New King- restoration of old order. Macbeth’s death- cleansing for Scotland when Dunsinane is stormed and Macduff reveals c-section: fear for Macbeth. |
| catharsis in Things Fall Apart | audience has pity for okonkwo bc he died and was buried like a dog, greatness is gone. fear- terrifying to come back home and have it be completely different, literally watches his own demise purgation: died still with his values. |
| hamartia | Tragic flaw |
| What is Macbeth’s hamartia? | hubris. makes him feel invincible and can get away with doing anything |
| What is Okonkwo’s hamartia? | his fear of being remotely like his father and that he is very passive and impulsive. |
| peripeteia | when an action produces the opposite of what was intended or expected. A reversal. |
| peripeteia in Macbeth | Macbeth kills the king to gain happiness through power but instead is miserable. |
| peripeteia in Things Fall Apart | when okonkwo kills ikemefuna. he does it bc he’s afraid of being thought weak but in reality feels like a “shivering old woman” |
| anagnorisis | disclosure, discovery, or recognition. |
| anagnorisis in Macbeth | when Macduff reveals he’s not born of woman. Macbeth now realizes that his fate is upon him and he is going to die. |
| anagnorisis in Things Fall Apart | when Okonkwo kills the white messenger |
| inciting moment | starts the action of the story, begins the rising action |
| inciting moment in Macbeth | when Macbeth meets the witches. it is here that his ambition is incited which creates conflict |
| inciting moment in Things Fall Apart | the crier announcing that all men need to go to marketplace bc the wife of egwegi udu was murdered- umuofia might have to go to war. |
| climax of things fall apart | killing of ezudu’s son – Okonkwo banished |
| climax of Macbeth | killing Duncan/ Macbeth being crowned king/ death of BANQUO |
| catastrophe in Macbeth | lady Macbeth and Macbeth die |
| catastrophe in Things Fall Apart | Okonkwo’s suicide |
Macbeth test
September 13, 2019