Shakespearean Tragedy Crossword
Across
- 2. There is almost NO trace of this, in its more primitive forms in tragedy. The reader never feels that the hero's suffering was fixed beforehand.
- 6. The most common number of "main characters" with whom a tragedy is concerned
- 8. Used by dramatists to make the readers feel that men can start a course of events but can neither calculate nor control it.
- 12. In the tragic world, "...man's thought, translated into act, is transformed into the _________ of itself."
- 14. Can be within a hero or between multiple parties. Is also an alternate description of "action" in a tragedy.
- 15. True or false? Is the ultimate power that seems to govern tragedies always God or some sort of deity? Is tragedy viewed through a strictly religious lens?
- 16. This tears the hero apart (figuratively) at some point in the action. (2 words)
- 17. A factor/source of catastrophe. The ultimate power of the tragic world is disturbed by and reacts to this. It can also be present in a hero's imperfections.
- 20. If the ultimate power in the tragic world were this, the "...spectacle of suffering and waste [would] not seem to [be as] mysterious as it does."
Down
- 1. A key quality of a hero: kings, leaders of state, public figures, etc. are all considered to be of ____ ________. (2 words)
- 3. The second aspect of tragedy: the hero is the _______ of their own woe.
- 4. If the reader does not feel at times that the hero is this, they have failed to receive an essential part of the full tragic effect.
- 5. The predominant factor of a tragedy; these are characteristic of the hero. (synonym of actions)
- 7. Tragic characters are this in nature. This does NOT mean that they are eccentric or a paragon.
- 9. This does not simply happen by itself in tragedy; it proceeds from the actions of men. For this reason, the story of Job is not considered a tragedy.
- 10. This type of justice is NOT present in Shakespeare's tragedies. In this type of justice, prosperity is distributed based on people's merits.
- 11. A better name for the ultimate power in a tragic world than "fate". It determines the hero's native dispositions and circumstances. (2 words)
- 13. An impression of _____ is a central feeling brought on by tragedies. The reader is shown the greatness of the hero only for said greatness to be "tortured and thrown away."
- 18. Tragedies conclude with the _____ of the hero.
- 19. "...action is the translation of thought into ________."