I haven't had anything intelligent to say in days exam revision if destroying me.


A small nugget I can fish out of my brain from intensive revision: Although in "modern" tragedies, such as 'Faustus' by Christoper Marlow and 'Othello' by William Shakespeare, the tragic characters are bought down by a tragic character flaw such as greed or jealousy in Classical tragedies, such as 'Hippolytus' by Euripides and 'Oedipus' by Sophocles, the character is bought down by a mistaken action often commited in haste.

Aristotle's view of what a tragic character should be was a man who was not exceedingly virtuous or just who has achieved happiness or wealth and is bought down by a tragic action rather than a hearmatia (or character flaw).


I hope that's the only question they ask in my Classics tragedy exam.

And it's worth 200 points.

It was a real struggle just now for me to remember who wrote Hippolytus. God help me.