Pre-Station+Eleven+tragedy+notes

Station Eleven –


 * Starts on the stage of a //King Lear// production in Toronto
 * // King Lear // is a tragedy by Shakespeare
 * Lear loses everything
 * Classic tragedy requirements
 * 1) Important person has
 * 2) a tragic flaw (or fate)
 * 3) and suffers a catastrophe.
 * 4) Tragic hero has a reversal of fortune – he realizes it’s all his fault
 * 5) Audience experiences catharsis- pity for the hero and awe at the power of the gods.

How do we imagine surviving catastrophe?