Bradley+1-1

The Shakespearean tragedy is pre-eminently the story of *the hero. In a Shakespearean tragedy the hero must always *die.

The story will always show part of the hero’s life which PRECEDES the outcome in #2. * The story depicts also the troubled part of the hero's life which precedes and leads up to his death.

The “suffering and calamity” are *exceptional , *striking , *unexpected  and contrasted with previous *happiness or glory .

<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">The suffering must affect <span style="color: red; font-family: 'times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">*the hero.

<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">In contrast to the <span style="color: red; font-family: 'times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">*medieval <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">concept of a hero, the hero of a Shakespearean tragedy must be a person of <span style="color: red; font-family: 'times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">*high estate or high degree <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">.

<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">The fall of this person produces a sense of <span style="color: red; font-family: 'times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">*pity <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;"> and produces a <span style="color: red; font-family: 'times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">*contrast <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;"> that illustrates the <span style="color: red; font-family: 'times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">*powerlessness <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">of man along with the <span style="color: red; font-family: 'times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">*omnipotence <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;"> or <span style="color: red; font-family: 'times','serif'; font-size: 24px;">*caprice <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 24px;"> of fortune or fate.