Tragedy/Tragic Hero | through some weakness of character or error of judgment, unknowingly brings doom on himself. |
High Importance/Rank | What does this mean in the play?What might this mean in our world? |
Hamartia | tragic flaw (error in judgment, mistake, or sin) |
Some Examples of Hamartia | -excessive pride (hubris)-misplaced trust-excessive curiosity-lack of self control |
Famous People with Hamartia | -Lance Armstrong-Tiger Woods-Amy Winehouse |
What might be Othello’s? | He is too fast to trust Iago and trust Iago over his wife ending up killing her |
Peripeteia | -Reversal of fortune-Everything begins to go wrong for the character-When might this be in Othello? |
Anagnorisis | epiphany, self-knowledge, realization of truth |
When is Othello’s’ perpeteia? | When he kills Desdemona, when he slaps her, when he starts to believe Iago over Desdemona, when he comes up with the plan to kill Desdemona |
When is Othello’s anagnorisis? | When he finds out Iago made up the whole thing about Desdemona and Cassio’s affair and that he killed Dasdemona for nothing |
Catharsis | purification of emotions (usually felt by the audience) |
Tragic Hero (Othello)
August 14, 2019