• HIGH RANK/NOBILITY (ORIGINALLY, DISASTERS THAT BEFALL HUMAN BEINGS OF TITLE, POWER, POSITION, PASSION — NOW EVERYDAY MOTHER, TRAMP, SALESMAN)


• SACRIFICE (GOAT SONG, FROM GREEK RITUAL)


• EXTREME SUFFERING/CALAMITY EXTENDS BEYOND CENTRAL CHARACTER(S)


• TRAGIC FLAW (HUBRIS, ETC—COULD BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE)


• CATHARSIS (BY AROUSING PITY & FEAR TRAGEDY PURGES THESE EMOTIONS IN AUDIENCE; ARISTOTLE CONCEPT)


• INEVITABLE MOVEMENT TOWARDS DISASTER


• PROTEST (CRY OF TERROR, RAGE TO OR AGAINST WHATEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUFFERING AND DEATH IN THE WORLD)


• ANAGNORISIS