Shakespeare tragedy

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Mind Map on Shakespeare tragedy, created by Sharon Lee on 16/06/2014.
Sharon Lee
Mind Map by Sharon Lee, updated more than 1 year ago
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Shakespeare tragedy
  1. Tragedy plays
    1. Macbeth
      1. Othello
        1. Cymbeline
          1. King Lear
            1. Hamlet
              1. Romeo and Juliet
                1. Titus Andronicus
                  1. Timon of Athens
                    1. Troilus and Cressida
                      1. Antony and Cleopatra
                      2. Conventions
                        1. Fatal flaws
                          1. Shakespeare’s tragic heroes are all fundamentally flawed. It is this weakness that ultimately leads to their downfall.
                          2. The bigger they are, the harder they fall
                            1. The Shakespeare tragedies often focus on the fall of a nobleman. By presenting the audience with a man with excessive wealth or power, his eventual downfall fall is all the more tragic.
                            2. External pressures
                              1. Shakespeare’s tragic heroes often fall victim to external pressures. Fate, evil spirits and manipulative characters all play a hand in the hero’s downfall.
                              2. Death
                                1. There is a lot of death in Tragedies
                                2. Confusion
                                  1. Audience knows more than charecters
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