Across
- 2. A strong desire for power or success
- 8. The central person in a literary work
- 9. The creator of Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello
- 11. A desire to harm someone in return for injury
- 12. The force believed to control events in life
- 13. A struggle between opposing forces
- 14. The tragic flaw that leads to a hero’s ruin
- 17. The destruction or collapse of the tragic hero
- 19. A speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud while alone
- 20. Another word for fate or unavoidable future
Down
- 1. The emotional release experienced by the audience
- 3. A state of insanity or loss of reason
- 4. The people in a story and their personalities
- 5. Harmful physical force or destruction
- 6. Physical or emotional pain experienced by characters
- 7. A serious drama ending in disaster or sorrow
- 10. A strong feeling such as love, anger, or fear
- 15. A feeling of envy and suspicion often seen in tragedy
- 16. Principles of right and wrong behavior
- 18. Excessive pride that often causes the hero’s downfall