College of Central Florida At the Corner of Love and Basketball Article Analysis 1. Consider “At the Corner of Love and Basketball” as a tragedy as defined

College of Central Florida At the Corner of Love and Basketball Article Analysis 1. Consider “At the Corner of Love and Basketball” as a tragedy as defined by Aristotle. List, using our class notes, Aristotle’s six elements of his definition of tragedy. Next to each element that is fulfilled by “At the Corner of Love and Basketball,” explain how that element is reflected by directly referring to the story. Next to any element you feel is not fulfilled by the story, explain your reasons for that position. Story Link: https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_…

These are the six elements of Aristotle’s definition (class notes):

1. “the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself;” This means that a good tragedy deals with one issue that is very “serious.” You can’t have a tragedy about something trivial like breaking a fingernail. “Magnitude” here means great importance. The issue has to be serious and very, very important. That’s why a lot of tragedies deal with someone’s death.

2. “Complete in itself” means that the play must stick to the o ne issue; otherwise, the audience will get lost in the plot.

3. “in appropriate and pleasurable language:” Ancient Greek tragedy had a chorus whose role was to comment on the action of the play. The chorus sometimes sang their part. Aristotle said that the language should be easy to listen to. It should have rhythm and good harmony for the lines that were sung.

4. “in a dramatic rather than narrative form;” To narrate a story is simply to tell the story, like telling a friend what happened over the weekend. In a play, the story must be dramatized or acted out.

5. “with incidents arousing pity and fear,” In a tragedy, the events or episodes in the play should lead the audience to feel very sorry for the main character–the tragic hero. The audience should also feel afraid for the hero as he moves toward a destructive end.

6.”wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.” As the play moves along, the events should build up the emotions of pity and fear. A catharsis is a purging, or cleansing of the emotions–a release of tension. In a tragedy, this is often a moment of revelation when the tragic hero “falls flat on his face,” and the audience can finally “explode.”

2. Define hubris. List four SPECIFIC people in the story “Marathon Man” who were affected by Kip Litton’s hubris and next to each describe the effect of Litton’s hubris on that person

(Class note: Hubris is excessive pride, overconfidence, lack of humility, and/or outrageous arrogance. Note that it is the degree that defines hubris. Confidence can be a positive, but when it is unfounded, extreme confidence, that is hubris. )

Story link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/06/mara…