The Hero and the Anti-Hero · Narrative Reading

The Shakespearean Tragic Flaw

Evaluating Hamlet or Macbeth to determine how internal psychological conflict replaces external monsters in Renaissance drama.

Key Questions

  1. 1What role does the soliloquy play in establishing the protagonist's interiority?
  2. 2How does the tension between fate and free will drive the tragic arc?
  3. 3In what ways does the playwright use dramatic irony to manipulate audience empathy?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: The Hero and the Anti-Hero
Period: Narrative Reading

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