When you think of tragedy, what comes to mind? You may think it a tragedy when your team loses a ballgame or you do not get a part in a play. Others may have experienced significant loss in their lifetime, so tragedy may mean the loss of a family member. When speaking of tragedy in literary terms, the definition is:

A serious play in which the chief character, by some peculiarity of psychology, passes through a series of misfortunes leading to a final, devastating catastrophe.

In order to better understand what we will read, you will need to develop your specialized vocabulary!

Using the literary terms dictionary, define the following terms:

1. Tragic Hero
2. Tragic Flaw
3. Protagonist
4. Antagonist
5. Catharsis
6. Hubris
7. Catastrophe