PARADISE LOST Essay, Research Paper
THE PURPOSE OF CLASSICAL TRAGEDY IS TO AROUSE PITY AND FEAR AND THUS TO PRODUSE IN THE AUDIENCE A CATHARSIS {PROPER PURGATION} OF THESE EMOTIONS THAT HE AS A SPECTATOR OWNS. THE AUDIENCE SENSE OF PITY TOWARDS THE HERO OCCURS BECAUSE THE HERO THROUGH HIS TRAGIC FLAW {HAMARTIA} BECOMES A TRAGIC BUT REMAINS A NOBLE FIGURE. HOWEVER, THE ELIZABETHAN SENSE OF TRAGDY CONSISTS OF THE HERO’S WILLFUL SELF EXCLUSION FROM ALL GOOD MAKING HIMSELF TRAGIC BUT NOT NOBLE AND THUS UNABLE TO PREDUCE IN THE AUDIENCE A CATHARSIS.
IN YOUR RESEARCH DISCUSS WHETHER MILTON’S SATAN IS A TRAGIC HERO IN THE SENSE OF THE CLASSICAL TRAGEDY OR THE ELIZABETHAN TRAGEDY BY REFFERING TO BOOKS 1,4,AND9.