Tragedy Key Terms

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M H C D K M M R J M S P Y D R U Y K L H
U J W P A O R O F B N O D T M I D W Q A
T F T O V R O M F N O X E Y U C E U U T
H W U H M E O G U M M X G C G W G R S U
O Y L D S H U T U C A W A H H Q A Q H U
S K M C I C F E H A M A R T I A R K G Y
T T R B N I R N S T R N T M Y N T L H P
U D Q E O G E L A H T V T S S L V C Q D
O G T Q I A A L O A Y G R D I M D S S O
Q M D G S R L Y N R X G A G S X K F H Q
U J F D S T I B M S I X P A I X I J D F
T A W I E I S C A I Y L X Q R R C K L R
C K O E R D M G Y S W N I R O I U K A Y
S Y P M P P X U W W S L S Q N S U T L E
K D Y R X W M O N T C J F M G X L E C W
L C F O E N D C A P M H L A A I D H L S
Q P E R E P E T E I A J F L N P B J J U
W E L G I S H J L D L O S T A Y C H U K
A X L A R D U F X P D K C B M P G L L P
Y P L K V K D H B W M T P W R G R O N M

Clues

  • An imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain multitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament... in the form of action... through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. (7)
  • Error of judgement which leads to downfall. (8)
  • Not a villian, or totally virtuous, flawless man. Recognisable and 'highly renowned and prosperous'. Change of fortune should comes from 'some great error or frailty.' (6, 4)
  • Plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, song. (3, 4, 7)
  • Recognition - ignorance to knowledge, producing good or bad fortune. (11)
  • Reversal - Actions veer to opposite. (10)
  • The creating and purging of the feelings of pity and fear. (9)
  • The plot/action - It is 'the soul of the tragedy' (6)
  • Writing which seeks to portray and accurate account of society. (7)
  • Writing which shows reality distorted by an emotion or irrational state of mind. (13)

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