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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 13   AIL 1253 short lesson, about 20 seconds

What the Anchor Supplied Instead

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The idea

Two complete plays with study guides, and a tragedy vocabulary — catharsis, hamartia, tragic hero — more careful than most short glossaries manage. The hamartia entry in particular is better than the usual one-line tragic flaw. Its strengths and its gaps are both real.

In practice

Two plays, and a careful tragedy set.

Where people slip

Strengths and gaps, both stated.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

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