Miller's Theory

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Across
  1. 3. Miller redefines the "tragic flaw" as an inherent unwillingness to remain this
  2. 4. Author of the essay "Tragedy and the Common Man"
  3. 7. MAN The type of ordinary individual Miller argues is the one "who knows this fear best"
  4. 9. The scientific field that bases mental analysis on classic tragic formulations
  5. 11. Greek character whose classic "complex" is said to apply to all people
  6. 12. Those who accept their lot without active retaliation are often seen as this
  7. 13. A failing is described not as a weakness, but a fracture or this in the character
  8. 15. A character's sense of personal worth they will die to protect
Down
  1. 1. Shakespearean hero cited as an example of the struggle for a rightful position
  2. 2. The dominant emotion resulting from a "wound of indignity"
  3. 5. The tragic hero's struggle to gain their correct or deserved position in society
  4. 6. Tragedy is the result of a man's total compulsion to evaluate himself in this way
  5. 8. Along with Oedipus, this classical figure has a complex that Miller says applies to everyone
  6. 10. The underlying fear of being torn away or ____ from one's self-image
  7. 14. The mistaken belief that the tragic mode is old-fashioned or only for kings