Draw Yourself A Venn Diagram And Use It To Note Similarities And Differences Between The Two Characters
Draw yourself a Venn diagram and use it to note similarities and differences between the two characters, Hamlet and Agamemnon. Do this on your own now and complete it thoroughly.
As part of your analysis, consider how the following elements of tragedy are used in each play. (Remember, this is what you learned in Lesson 1.)
Aristotle’s four components of tragedy:
It involves someone of higher standing.
This protagonist makes an error in judgement.
This error results in suffering for the person.
This suffering causes pity or fear in the audience.
Hubris
Anagnorisis
Hamartia
Peripeteia
Catharsis
If you have forgotten what a Venn diagram looks like, here is an example to remind you.
If your Venn diagram contained some of these points, you have been successful in your analysis. These are just sketches of ideas to show a variety of possibilities…your own work should be more carefully organized.
Hamlet
Similarities
Agamemnon
Hamlet takes revenge.
Both plays are about a prince or king, who is clearly someone of high status.
Agamemnon is the victim of revenge.
Hamlet tends to be humble yet plots the death of a king.
Both tragic heroes make an error of judgement.
Agamemnon shows hubris by walking on the red carpet and taking a concubine yet he is a known daughter-killer.
Several of the murders in Hamletoccur on-stage.
Both Agamemnon and Hamlet suffer and die.
The two murders inAgamemnon occur off-stage.
Hamlet has more admirable qualities than Agamemnon appears to have.
The audience feels pity for both men.
We don’t learn many positive things about Agamemnon other than his popularity and battle victories.
Hamlet involves subplots, such as the plight of Ophelia.
The fortunes of both men are suddenly reversed and they are put in a vulnerable position with their murders being plotted.
Agamemnon does not involve subplots.
The women in Hamlet, while important, are minor characters with little dialogue.
Both Hamlet and Agamemnon hurt the women in their lives.
The women
As part of your analysis, consider how the following elements of tragedy are used in each play. (Remember, this is what you learned in Lesson 1.)
Aristotle’s four components of tragedy:
It involves someone of higher standing.
This protagonist makes an error in judgement.
This error results in suffering for the person.
This suffering causes pity or fear in the audience.
Hubris
Anagnorisis
Hamartia
Peripeteia
Catharsis
If you have forgotten what a Venn diagram looks like, here is an example to remind you.
If your Venn diagram contained some of these points, you have been successful in your analysis. These are just sketches of ideas to show a variety of possibilities…your own work should be more carefully organized.
Hamlet
Similarities
Agamemnon
Hamlet takes revenge.
Both plays are about a prince or king, who is clearly someone of high status.
Agamemnon is the victim of revenge.
Hamlet tends to be humble yet plots the death of a king.
Both tragic heroes make an error of judgement.
Agamemnon shows hubris by walking on the red carpet and taking a concubine yet he is a known daughter-killer.
Several of the murders in Hamletoccur on-stage.
Both Agamemnon and Hamlet suffer and die.
The two murders inAgamemnon occur off-stage.
Hamlet has more admirable qualities than Agamemnon appears to have.
The audience feels pity for both men.
We don’t learn many positive things about Agamemnon other than his popularity and battle victories.
Hamlet involves subplots, such as the plight of Ophelia.
The fortunes of both men are suddenly reversed and they are put in a vulnerable position with their murders being plotted.
Agamemnon does not involve subplots.
The women in Hamlet, while important, are minor characters with little dialogue.
Both Hamlet and Agamemnon hurt the women in their lives.
The women