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