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“At the heart of the tragic experience is an overwhelming sense of not pity but fear”
Introduction: the tragic experience can be seen to consist of an overwhelming sense of fear rather
than pity, prevalent in the poems if Keats and in ‘Death of a Salesman’(DOAS)
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Paragraph 1: Isabella; The Pot of Basil
In the poem ‘Isabella’, the tragic experience being an overwhelming sense of fear can be seen
through the highs of the moments of happiness
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The beginning of the poem contains many moments of happiness- “and his continual voice was
pleasanter to her than noise of trees or hidden trill”, showing the blooming romance between the
tragic victims, using the semantic field of nature
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- “Know there is richest juice
in poison flowers”, highlights the dangers of their love
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Paragraph 2: Isabella; The Pot of Basil
The love between Isabella and Lorenzo can be seen to have a sense of naivety surrounding it, which
could create pity for the lovers, however, fear plays a more important role in the tragic experience
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Her being “fair” and “simple” shows her innocence about her own fate: being
unaware of her eventual fall and the dangers that are soon to come along
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Paragraph 3: The Eve of St Agnes
Fear is created from the start through the harsh descriptions of the setting Keats creates
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Paragraph 4: The Eve of St Agnes
The journey that Madeline goes through also creates fear; Madeline is initially presented as
“thoughtful” and is “so pure a thing, so free from moral taint”, but the goes through a “painful
change”
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Moreover, this ending can be seen to
create fear for the readers about love and the dangers of love, therefore making fear the heart of
the tragic experience
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Whilst pity can be felt due to
the bleakness of the poem, ultimately due to the ending, fear can be seen to have a more
overwhelming part in the tragic experiences, The knight is left neither dead nor truly alive, he just
remains there and the readers are left fearful for his outcome
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Paragraph 6: Death of a Salesman
Play is about ordinary figures, leaving audience more able to relate and so would fear a similar fate
to that of Willy
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By the end of the play, despite all of Willy’s effort he leaves with “nothing
planted
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Moreover, fear can be seen to have a more overwhelming presence for the
audience due to the miniscule effect Willy has on the world and so audiences are left fearing a
similar thing
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The play is more
realistic and allows the audience to relate which further emphasises the feeling of fear, as opposed
to a play like ‘King Lear’, something which audiences can separate themselves from”

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