1. Analysis of tragic flaws, catharsis, and hubris in Macbeth, Oedipus Rex, and Dr Faustus
2. Exploration of Renaissance and Classical tragedy conventions, morality, divine justice, and fate
3. Examination of power, ambition, guilt, free will vs fate, and the supernatural in tragic arcs
4. Contextual references to Elizabethan, Greek, and Medieval views of tragedy and tragic heroism
5. Characterization and downfall of Macbeth, Oedipus, and Faustus through conflict and fatal choices
6. Literary devices, dramatic irony, soliloquy, symbolism, and thematic imagery in tragic structures