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Students study and interpret a classical tragedy and role play a character from the play.  In this tragedy lesson plan, students discuss a specific work to discover the form, structure, and characteristics of the genre and interpret the meaning.  Students the tragic hero and relevant terms and discuss the work in groups.  Students role play different characters and write an essay.

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dramatic literature, tragedy, english language arts
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10th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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