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(Don’t forget to copy your daily agenda and learning goal) Review:

Warm Up. (Don’t forget to copy your daily agenda and learning goal) Review: Write a brief summary of what has happened so far in Part I of Antigone . Make sure to discuss: -Protagonist and Antagonist -Major Conflicts.

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  1. Warm Up (Don’t forget to copy your daily agenda and learning goal) Review: Write a brief summary of what has happened so far in Part I of Antigone. Make sure to discuss: -Protagonist and Antagonist -Major Conflicts

  2. I will be able to generate examples for topic related vocabulary by completing a vocabulary chart. Today’s Learning Goal

  3. Vocabulary

  4. Notes: Greek Tragedy • Greek Tragedies are serious dramas that share the following characteristics: • Based on myths that were familiar to ancient Greek audiences • Tell of a change of fortune from good to bad • Protagonist (male/female) is usually of noble birth • Protagonist usually has a tragic flaw • Audience is brought to an understanding that the protagonist’s downfall results from their actions • Doom usually brought about by fate

  5. Notes: Theme in Greek Tragedy • The central message is often a warning against excess, pride, or passion • Demonstrate the limitations of humanity • Remind audiences that life involves choices and having to live with the resulting consequences of our choices

  6. Notes: Tragic Flaw • Tragic Flaw:a character trait that causes tragic characters to make fatal errors in judgment. • contributes to the character’s downfall • the flaw is often a traditionally admirable quality carried to excess • examples: • pride (hubris) • arrogance • lust for power • lack of insight • Ambition • Passion • Tragic realization:tragic character usually perceives how he/she has contributed to his own destruction when it’s too late • Tragic literature leaves the audience and the tragic hero or protagonist with greater insight and understanding of life, although he/she never gets to use this wisdom

  7. Examples of Tragic Flaw FILM • The Dark Knight • Titanic LITERATURE • Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

  8. Batman and Harvey Dent played by Christian BaleTragic flaw: His undying duty to Gotham played by Aaron Eckhart Tragic flaw: Radical sense of morality and fairness

  9. Jack in “Titanic” • Tragic Flaw: Pursues things outside his means, takes risks and sacrifices for those aspirations.

  10. Harry Potter and Voldemort • Tragic Flaw: Self-sacrificing to the point of refusing help that could bring about salvation. • Tragic Flaw: Pride, Fear of mortality, and cannot understand love.

  11. Romeo and Juliette • Tragic Flaw: Overly loyal and passionate, especially when it comes to Romeo. • Tragic Flaw: Too spontaneous and rash, acts without thinking things through. (Marries Juliette in a day, kills Tybalt, kills himself over Juliette)

  12. Use ONE of your vocabulary words to describe an example of tragic flaw. Exit Reflection

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