Shakespearean Tragedy

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Across
  1. 1. Chance events affecting the tragic sequence.
  2. 3. The hero’s fatal flaw or one sidedness.
  3. 4. Hero Central figure of high degree whose life moves toward suffering and death.
  4. 7. The sense of a power beyond human control.
  5. 8. Exceptional suffering that befalls the hero.
  6. 9. Emotional response tragedy aims to evoke.
  7. 12. Chain of cause and effect linking deeds to catastrophe.
  8. 14. Heroes cause their own downfall through choices.
  9. 15. Order The idea that actions bring just consequences.
  10. 16. Central tragic impression: destruction of human greatness.
  11. 18. Force Inner forces (desires, doubts, passions) shaping action.
  12. 19. Human deeds driving the tragic sequence.
  13. 21. Audience emotion tied to human vulnerability.
  14. 24. Sense that events move toward unavoidable doom.
Down
  1. 2. The source of the hero’s deeds and downfall.
  2. 5. Final disastrous event ending in the hero’s death.
  3. 6. The large scale destruction surrounding the hero.
  4. 10. Elevated nature of the hero that magnifies the fall.
  5. 11. Emotional and physical torment leading to pity and fear.
  6. 12. Ghosts, witches, or prophecies influencing events.
  7. 13. Medieval idea of a capricious power striking down the great.
  8. 17. Struggle between forces, often internal and external.
  9. 20. Impression Combined feeling of awe, pity, fear, and waste.
  10. 22. Sidedness Hero’s tendency to be consumed by one passion or idea.
  11. 23. Estate Social rank required for Shakespearean tragedy.