shakespeare’s tragedies
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Shakespeare’s tragedies. Merlyn Mannov XI A. Titus Andronicus (the bloodiest) Romeo and Juliet ( one of the Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and his most frequently performed plays) Hamlet ( one of his most frequently performed plays) Othello - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Shakespeare’s tragedies
Merlyn MannovXI A
Titus Andronicus (the bloodiest) Romeo and Juliet ( one of the Shakespeare's most
popular plays during his lifetime and his most frequently performed plays)
Hamlet (one of his most frequently performed plays)
Othello Macbeth (one of his most frequently performed
plays) King Lear (the most tragic of Shakespeare’s
tragedies) Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens (the least known of
Shakespeare’s tragedy) Troilus and Cressida
“Heart” tragedies Love tragedies
Involve a pair of lovers torn apart by fate and society
The main characters are pawns pulled along toward death or permanent separation
Romeo and Juliet Antony and Cleopatra Othello
“Head” tragedies Defined by their relationship to Greek
philosopher Aristotle’s theories of dramatic tragedy
They feature a fatally-flawed protagonist fully capable of free will who unfortunately has his good traits overcome by ego.
Titus Andronicus Hamlet Macbeth King Lear Timon of Athens
The hero
Not villain or saint but generally a good person destroyed by his own ego or fate
Capable of both good and evil
With opportunities for redemption, but never is able to take them in time, leading almost always to death.
Titus Andronicus Shakespeare’s
earliest tragedy (written in the 1590s)
The bloodiest of his tragedies
Titus General of Rome and
tragic hero of the play
Father of Lavinia and Lucius
Has spent the last ten years fighting Rome's enemies and winning honor for his country
Russell Roberts as Titus
Tamora
Queen of the Goths
Mother of Chiron and Demetrius
Associated with barbarism, savagery, and unrestrained lasciviousness
Encourages her sons to rape Titus’ daughter Lavinia
Aaron Tamora's Moorish lover Convinces Tamora’s
remaining sons to rape and mutilate Titus’s daughter Lavinia
When 2 of Titus’ sons were imprisoned Aaron told Tamora to tell Titus that if he would cut off his own hand she would set his sons free
He was buried chest-deep and left to die of thirst and starvation
Lavinia The only daughter of
Titus Andronicus Spurns Saturninus's
offer to make her his empress because she is in love with Bassianus
She is brutally raped and disfigured by Chiron and Demetrius
Marcus Andronicus
Roman Tribune of the People
Brother of Titus Andronicus
Calm
Marcus, Lavinia, Titus
Saturninus
The eldest son of the late Emperor of Rome
Titus successfully advocates for him to be the new emperor
Chooses Tamora for his empress
Saturninus and Tamora
Bassianus
The younger brother of Saturninus
He steals her away when Saturninus wants to make her his empress
Murdered by Chiron and Demetrius
Lucius
Titus's only surviving son
Defends his sister, Lavinia, from their father after she runs away with Bassianus
Tries to free his captive brothers Quintus and Martius, for which he is banished from Rome
Moves from bloodthirsty youth to sober leader
Chiron and Demetrius
Sons of Tamora Two Goth princes They murder
Bassianus and then brutally rape and disfigure Lavinia
Killed by Titus
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