Aspects of Tragedy in SCND
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- Created on: 29-04-16 11:43
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- Aspects of Tragedy in SCND
- Classical
- Tragedy explores the relationship between humans and Gods
- So whether fate or our own decisions bring about our downfall
- Domestic tragedy rather than classical tragedy
- Tragedy is restricted to a few ordinary people rather than the whole nation/state
- Events are personal rather than public
- Personal struggles and setbacks with unemployment, alcoholism and sexual frustration
- Blanche, Mitch, Stella and Stanley
- Events are personal rather than public
- Modern trageddy
- Often about exposing truths
- Stanleys key role
- Exposes the fall of Belle Reve and Blanches lies
- Stanleys key role
- Often about exposing truths
- Tragedy is restricted to a few ordinary people rather than the whole nation/state
- Tragedy explores the relationship between humans and Gods
- Fate
- Blanche
- Born into a culture which is in decline
- A broken family
- A fragile background that doesn't give security, neither financial nor social
- A background of death
- Blanche attempts to change her fate
- Seeks solace with strangers
- Social condemnation
- It may be too late for her
- Tragic antagonist - Stanley
- Seeks solace with strangers
- Blanche
- Tragic Protagonist
- Status
- Blanche is not of high status herself, but comes from a class which would have had a high status in the past
- Greatness of soul
- Intelligent, generous
- Blanche believes herself to have a great, sensitive soul through her knowledge of poetry and French
- It comes across as delusional as she lies and deceives others
- Pathos
- It comes across as delusional as she lies and deceives others
- Blanche believes herself to have a great, sensitive soul through her knowledge of poetry and French
- Intelligent, generous
- Status
- Reversal of Fortune
- Blanche begins with a mixed status
- High class but with low fortunes
- Her fortune begins to rise with the possibility of Mitch, but his rejection sets her on her final trajectory ending with **** and institutoanlisation
- Blanche begins with a mixed status
- Harmatia (Mistake)
- Lies
- Gets her rejected by Mitch
- Sexual liasions with strangers and schoolboys
- Excluded from the society of Laurel
- Conflict with Stanley
- Her derogatory attitude
- Coming between Stanley and Stella
- Her derogatory attitude
- Excessive hubris
- Lies
- Fatal Flaw
- Blanche
- Lies
- Untrustworthy
- To maintain the facade of high status
- Delusional
- Living in a fantasy world
- A way of coping with her fate and her background of death
- Snobbery
- Conflict with Stanley and Stella
- Class and value class
- Conflict with Stanley and Stella
- Lies
- Blanche
- Self Recognition
- Blanche
- Remains delusional until the end
- Stella
- She chooses to ignore her new found awareness of Stanleys actions
- Blanche
- Tragic Villain
- Antagonist to the tragic hero
- Opposes the protagonist in values, ventures, aspirations
- Deliberately acts in an immoral way to bring about the downfall
- He had honourable motifs - To protect Mitch and find out the truth
- Classical
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