... lead to a catharsis for the audience. The perfect plot, accordingly, must have a single issue: Oedipus wants to solve the mystery of the curse that is bringing plagues and disasters on their city for an unclean act which has gone unpunished and can only be saved by "the payment of blood for blood" and the banishment of the culprit - The murderer of King Laius. the change in the hero's fortunes must be from ... happiness to misery; and the cause of it must ... ...

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... is one particular flaw usually more significant. That particular flaw often relates to the protagonist's main goal by making it more difficult for the protagonist to achieve it. Many examples of tragedies come from Greek theatre and the dramatic works of Shakespeare. Oedipus the King is an example of a classic Greek tragedy, in which Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. He is a ruler of ... Thebes and the people think that he is extraordinary. He has power, dignity, intelligence, stature, ... and was a man of his word. Oedipus isn't perfect; he had a tragic flaw, as ... ...

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... bravery, but his one bad trait made him evil. Also a tragic hero doesn't have to die. While in all Shakespearean tragedies, the hero dies, in others he may live but suffer "Moral Destruction". In Oedipus Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful step by his ... daughter, Antigone. A misconception about tragedies is that nothing good comes out of them, but it is actually the opposite. In Romeo and Juliet, although both die ... , they end the feud between the Capulets and the Mon...

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... bravery, but his one bad trait made him evil. Also a tragic hero doesn't have to die. While in all Shakespearean tragedies, the hero dies, in others he may live but suffer "Moral Destruction". In Oedipus Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful step by his ... daughter, Antigone. A misconception about tragedies is that nothing good comes out of them, but it is actually the opposite. In Romeo and Juliet, although both die ... , they end the feud between the Capulets and the Mon...

• Word Count: 1033
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School