Tragedies

Question 1

What does Irving Ribner argue

Answer 1

‘to be truly great tragedy must spring from the artist’s moral concern’ – hence flourishing in upheaval

Question 2

What does Larry Champion observe?

Answer 2

‘‘Tragedy, in the full Jacobean sense, is an indictment of the individual and of his society, emphasizing both the flaw of the protagonist and of those in his society’