The Descent into Madness:
A Comprehensive Examination of The Tragic Hero
Focus Texts: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, T.S. Elliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Arthur Miller’s “Tragedy and the Common Man,” and Robert Warshow’s “The Gangster as Tragic Hero”
Essential Questions:
1. How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelean tragic hero?
2. How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
A. Opening Assignment: Notecard
Answer the following question on the provided notecard.
Are parents generally blind to their children’s faults? Why or why not?
B. Begin reading Act I of Hamlet.
C. Closing: Discuss questions, issues, etc.
Note: Heart of Darkness Section 3 Questions are due Monday, 2/23.
A Comprehensive Examination of The Tragic Hero
Focus Texts: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, T.S. Elliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Arthur Miller’s “Tragedy and the Common Man,” and Robert Warshow’s “The Gangster as Tragic Hero”
Essential Questions:
1. How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelean tragic hero?
2. How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
A. Opening Assignment: Notecard
Answer the following question on the provided notecard.
Are parents generally blind to their children’s faults? Why or why not?
B. Begin reading Act I of Hamlet.
C. Closing: Discuss questions, issues, etc.
Note: Heart of Darkness Section 3 Questions are due Monday, 2/23.