AP Literature Tragedy Terms

224459551	Mandel	Protagonist is compelled by good will to fight fate
224459552	Mandel	Protagonist meets with spiritual or physical suffering after being doomed to his or her fate
224459553	Butcher	Protagonist is engaged in an unequal struggle with destiny; destiny represented by forces inside or outside his or her mind
224459554	Butcher	Protagonist's death restores the moral order of the world
224459555	Kerr	Protagonist attempts to investigate the possibilities of human freedom
224459556	Kerr	Protagonist has a vast freedom to know and to choose
224459557	Kerr	Protagonist's downfall is ultimately brought upon him by his own actions even though he has a predetermined destiny
224459558	Kerr	Protagonist essentially has a "self-contained freedom"
224459559	Frye	Protagonist has a divine destiny that is almost within his grasp
224459560	Frye	Protagonist's downfall set in action by a violation of moral law (either human or divine)
224459561	Schlegel	Protagonist struggles between his external finite existence and his internal infinite aspirations
224459562	Schlegel	Protagonist's downfall arises when his aspirations cause him to go beyond his limitations
224459563	Schlegel	Protagonist's external limitations defined by his own human nature and the forces of nature that surround him
224459564	Krutch	Protagonist's tragic downfall is inseparably linked to the idea of nobility
224459565	Krutch	Protagonist strongly believes in the greatness and importance of man
224459566	Krutch	Protagonist's tragic downfall reveals the triumph of the human spirit over the outward universe that fails to conquer it
224459567	Langer	Protagonist enters a period of growth and maturity, with the tragedy following the personal pattern of a human life
224459568	Langer	Protagonist rises from obscurity, grows, accomplishes his or her destiny, and finally meets his or her doom
224459569	Bradley	Protagonist is the center of the tragedy and is a conspicuous person, a person of high degree
224459570	Bradley	Protagonist's suffering and calamity are exceptional, creating a strong contrast to previous happiness or glory
224459571	Bradley	Protagonist's suffering extends beyond the protagonist himself, making the scene one of woe
224459572	Bradley	Protagonist's troubled life leading up to his downfall an integral part of the story
224459573	Tragic Hero	Protagonist refuses to surrender; reveals strength, courage, and independence no matter the punishment that fate throws in his way
224459574	Tragic Hero	Protagonist displays a belief in his own freedom, a supreme pride, capacity for suffering, a sense of commitment, vigorous protest, transfiguration, and finally, impact
224459575	Tragic Hero	Protagonist believes everything he does is of his own accord up until his fate reveals that his freedom was a lie
224459576	Tragic Hero	Protagonist maintains a sense of commitment that creates an inevitability that moves him to the resolution
224459577	Tragic Hero	Protagonist's suffering changes and refines him, causing him to learn from his agony
224459578	Tragic Hero	Protagonist believes that he is superior to man and equal to the gods, giving the tragic hero a unique power and dignity
224459579	Aristotle	Protagonist's downfall an imitation of a single, unified action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude
224459580	Aristotle	Protagonist's downfall caused in part by some error on the part of the protagonist, NOT by vice or depravity
224459581	Aristotle	Protagonist is a man whose character is good, believable, and consistent
224459582	Aristotle	Protagonist's downfall arouses emotions of pity and terror resulting in a catharsis of these emotions
224459583	Hegel	Protagonist hard to discern; tragedy revolves around a conflict between two good people or two good intentions
224459584	Hegel	Protagonist's internal conflict between two conflicting good intentions leads to his or her tragic downfall