Isn't It Tragic?

Assessment
You've been promoted from plebeian to playwright and are tasked with creating the starring character in a
modern-day tragedy. Your tragic hero should:

 be a good person at the core, but with a tragic personality trait

 come from a "noble" upbringing and seem to have it all
 suffer terrible consequences and lose everything as a result of their tragic personality 1 trait

Complete the table with your innovative ideas for a tragic hero and their journey to a tragic demise. Respond
in complete sentences using creative insight that reflects your understanding of the tragic hero archetype.
Name:
Prince James George

My Tragic Hero's In 2-3 sentences describe your tragic hero: King George ’s III son, due to his father
Name and madness, decided that he would dedicate his life to being an incredible successor.
Description He is the oldest of 15 siblings, the pride of the queen, noble, gentle, intelligent,
hardworking, born leader and cares too much about doing things right with his
family and his kingdom.

Locate, copy, and paste an image of what your tragic hero looks like or create an

My Tragic Hero's
Image

image of your own:

In 2-3 sentences describe the time, place, social environment, and mood of your
My Tragedy's tragedy: Born in London, in 1762. He grew up in Windsor Castle, with a model
family, his parents loved each other madly, but his father’ s madness became
Modern-Day Setting
increasingly evident. For that reason, he tried too hard to make his mother proud,
who was silently suffering from the madness of her love, however, the ambition
made he lost everything he wanted.
The tragic flaw: Ambition
My Hero's Tragic Flaw,
Explained In 2-3 sentences explain how the tragic flaw is revealed: The kingdom was un
Ambition, impetuousness, ruins, but the king ’s madness was not public and the prince had no way to
indecision, misplaced became king until King Georges died. Prince James knew that he had to take
trust, or pride actions, but should he do something against his father ?
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 External Forces External force #1: His father ’s madness, which led the kingdom to ruin.
Which external factors
(like peer pressure) will External force #2: The pression of do things right for the kingdom.
contribute to the tragic
hero's downfall?
Hamartia
What is the decision that leads to their downfall?
Convince his family to fake the king ’s dead and prepare the kingdom for the
king ’s dead.

Peripeteia
What is their sudden or unexpected reversal of fortune? When do they hit rock
bottom?
The king ’s fake dead was a success, but the rumors of the prince lie were
spreading and betrayal from of the kingdom was paid with death, his
Plan Your Plot mother ’s warnings came to his mind. However, King George was captive and
Respond to each question betrayal tormented him.
in 1-2 sentences.

Anagnorisis
When and how will the tragic hero discover they are responsible for their downfall?
Prince James realized his mistake when the penalty letter arrived in his hands,
the throne would be passed to his brother and he would have to pay for his
betrayal.

Catharsis
What lesson will your audience learn from your tragic hero's demise?
Ambition can be a good trait, but when it becomes obsession can harm you.

Isn't It Tragic? Rubric

On Target Almost There Needs Improvement
5-4 points 3 points 2-0 points

Tragic Hero's  The chart includes the tragic  The chart includes the tragic  The tragic hero's name and/or
Name and hero's name and a thoughtful hero's name and a description description are missing,
Description description that provides a that partially provides a incomplete, or not original.
(5 points) complete picture of who they picture of who they are.
are.
5 points 0 points
 The chart includes an image  The chart does not include an
Tragic Hero's of the tragic hero either image of the tragic hero
Image pasted or created by the either pasted or created by
(5 points) student. the student.

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 5-4 points 3 points 2-0 points

Setting  The chart includes the time,  The chart may be missing  The chart is missing
(5 points) place, social environment, and time, place, social information relating to
mood of the setting of the environment, and/or mood of setting or the details are not
tragedy. the setting of the tragedy. original.

10-8 points 7-6 points 5-0 points

Tragic Flaw  The chart identifies the tragic  The chart identifies the tragic  The chart is missing the tragic
(10 points) flaw and thoroughly and flaw and attempts to explain flaw and an explanation, or the
insightfully explains how it how it will be revealed. explanation is undeveloped or
will be revealed. incorrect.

10-8 points 7-6 points 5-0 points

External  The chart identifies and  The chart identifies and  The chart is missing one or
Forces thoroughly explains two attempts to explain two both external forces and/or
(10 points) external forces that lead to the external forces that lead to the their explanations, or the
tragic hero's downfall. tragic hero's downfall. explanations are undeveloped
or unclear.
20-16 points 15-12 points 11-0 points

 Each of the four plot  There is an attempt to  There is little to no attempt to

Plan Your elements of the tragic hero's
Plot journey are skillfully and
(20 points) thoughtfully communicated
in complete sentences.
identify each of the four plot
elements of the tragic hero's
journey, but one may be
missing, or the explanations
are vague.
demonstrate planning of the
four plot elements of the
tragic hero's journey, or two
or more plot elements are
missing.

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