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Components Of Tragedy PowerPoint

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Components of Tragedy Dignified Character Tragic Flaw is a personality trait Pride Naivety Short-sightedness Impetuosity Jealousy Ambition What could be YOUR Tragic Flaw? Mine might be indecision?I?m not quite sure! Tragic Flaw leads hero to make decisions that lead to the downfall Tragic Hero realizes his/her foolishness? And dies with dignity Except for the case of Creon And Oedipus The ?Rise? is followed by the ?Fall? Which public figures could be considered ?tragic heroes?? Michael Jackson Joe Paterno O.J. Simpson Chris Farley Chris McCandless

Literary Terms for Poetry

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rhetorical devices in poetry

A vocabulary list (and their definitions) of rhetorical devices that express some of the compontents that poetry in literature has.

Literary Terms for Poetry

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