Shakespearean Tragedy Crossword

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  1. 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.
  2. 6. The most common number of "main characters" with whom a tragedy is concerned
  3. 8. Used by dramatists to make the readers feel that men can start a course of events but can neither calculate nor control it.
  4. 12. In the tragic world, "...man's thought, translated into act, is transformed into the _________ of itself."
  5. 14. Can be within a hero or between multiple parties. Is also an alternate description of "action" in a tragedy.
  6. 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?
  7. 16. This tears the hero apart (figuratively) at some point in the action. (2 words)
  8. 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.
  9. 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."
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  1. 1. A key quality of a hero: kings, leaders of state, public figures, etc. are all considered to be of ____ ________. (2 words)
  2. 3. The second aspect of tragedy: the hero is the _______ of their own woe.
  3. 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.
  4. 5. The predominant factor of a tragedy; these are characteristic of the hero. (synonym of actions)
  5. 7. Tragic characters are this in nature. This does NOT mean that they are eccentric or a paragon.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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)
  9. 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."
  10. 18. Tragedies conclude with the _____ of the hero.
  11. 19. "...action is the translation of thought into ________."