Tragedy and Other Serious Drama

I.    TRAGEDY

        A.    Traditional Tragedy

                1.     Tragic hereos and heroines

                2.    Tragic circumstances

                3.    Tragic irretrievability

                4.    Acceptance of responsibility

                5.    Tragic verse

                6.    The effect of tragedy

        B.    Modern Tragedy

II    HEROIC DRAMA

III.    BOURGEOIS OR DOMESTIC DRAMA

IV    MELODRAMA

IDENTIFY OR DEFINE

1.    Traditional tragedy

2.    Modern tragedy

3.    Subtext

4.    Heroic drama

5.    Romantic drama

6.    Melodrama

7.    Bourgeois or domestic drama

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