Principles of Tragedy – Week 4

Assignment

VIsual Trigger: Find and image and tell a story that comes to your mind as you see it.

Pictures should not be taken for this purpose – use only pictures you can find.

Take a picture that can create my story.

Can be a magazine, internet, any other pictures.

Incorporate principals of tragedy into your writing..

What is tragedy?

Tragedy doesn’t mean that something bad happens and the story ends.

It means something bad happens as a result of a flaw in your character, and you show how this tragic fall forces your character to learn something about herself or himself.

6 Parts of Tragedy in a Play
-Plot, events that happen
-Characters
– diction
– thought
– Melody
-Spectacle

3 act structure
Act 1 : Intro, set up characters, problems that occurs
Act 2: Obstacles
Act 3: Resolution, morale of the story