... make the tragic error "understandable ", because the error itself has "no moral content at all", it is still blameworthy"" (Poetics, xxxii). Prior to the change in fortune of a hero, an author reveals information that can potentially prevent downfall, and the hero's ability to either act upon or reject this new information constitutes blame for their fall. In Jean Anouilh's Antigone, Creon makes a ... rage, bringing upon a downfall that is his fault alone. In a successful tragedy the downfall of a hero evokes fear and pity from an audience, and unless the hero is to blame for his fall thi...

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