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Fryes Chart
Fryes Chart
Fryes Chart
Ethos
(World
of
Myth)
Romanc
e
Tragedy
Degree of
Realism
None: total
dreamworld of
desire
Very little:
characters
divided into
good/bad to
illustrate
conflict of plot
Realistic
Alazon
Eiron
Buffoons
Impostors:
(see themselves as
greater than they are)
Self-Deprecators:
(see themselves as less
than they are)
Sub-Alazons
EX: Christ
Enemies of Quest:
giants, ogres, evil
magicians, sirens,
witches
Hero/Heronie;
Nemesis or fate,
sooothsayer or other
agent of wrathful gods
Supplient who
provides vision of
unmitigated suffering
and helplessness
Comedy
Realistic
EX: Tiresius
Hero / Heroine, Vice or
Scheme Hatchers,
trickster / valet who helps
hero
EX: Puck
Benevolent hermit
father figures
EX: Duke in Measure for
Measure
romantic ploy
(function to intensify
main mood)
Sprits of nature
(nymphs et al)
characters who
increase sense of
wonder, magic
Agroikoi
Sub-Eirons
realistic ploy
(function to break mood
and direct plot back to
reality)
Realistic Counter
Companion who calls
attention to fear; jester
who deflates romantic
ideals
EX: Han Solo, Samwise
Critic of Tragic action
who resists tragic
movement;
Comic relief
EX: Porter in Macbeth,
Fool in Lear