![]() ![]() The heartbroken King leaves the city in self-imposed exile. Example: Not only did the King's niece and son die, but a messenger tells him that his wife killed herself in grief.Scene of Suffering: a bunch of people suffer and/or die as a result of the protagonist's hamartia.Example: the King's recognition of his error comes too late: just as he sends his soldiers to free the niece from her cave, she dies in her cave and the King's son-his niece's betrothed-has killed himself in sorrow.Peripeteia or Reversal of Fortune: this is when the protagonist's luck runs out.The king finally realizes he has been a stubborn bonehead (he has exhibited excessive pride, hubris) and has a serious character flaw (hamartia). Example: The King receives a warning from a wise elder that burying his niece is a terrible idea that has angered the gods. ![]() ![]() Anagnorisis or Scene of Recognition: the protagonist realizes he has made an error that carries serious consequences.The king then commands his soldiers to bury his niece alive for her defiance! Example: The sister defies her uncle the King and buries her brother against the king's orders and then refuses to apologize.Rising Action: the conflict built through friction between characters.This puts the sister of the brothers in a bad place, because her religion requires her to bury them so they go to heaven. Their uncle, the King, refuses to bury one of the brothers and makes a law against burying him. Example: two brothers murder each other.Inciting incident: the background of the play that causes the central conflict.\)Īccording to Aristotle, an effective plot of a tragedy follows this order: ![]()
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