SSC Stenographer 8th Feb 2019 Shift-II

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

In literature, a tragedy is a plot in which the 'hero', because of some inherent flaw in his/her character, dies. Thus Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet are tragedies. In each of these plays the ..........(1) is either a great man or a man of great ...........(2) instead of fulfilling his ............(3) however, each one succumbs to his tragic flaw and .............(4) dies. Caesar's flaw is ambition, Hamlet's is the inability to take action, and Romeo's is his tendency to love too much. It might seem, from this highly .............(5) definition, that character and resolution are the keys to a tragedy. But tragedy also ..............(6) a central action, a crisis which tests that flawed part of the protagonist's ............(7) In Julius Caesar, the test comes when Mark Antony presents Caesar with the crown. Hamlet's test comes in the chapel, after witnessing his uncle's reaction to the play. Mercutio's death tests Romeo. In all three cases the protagonists are found ..........(8) Caesar accepts the crown after refusing it twice; Hamlet sheaths his sword instead of executing Claudius; Romeo murders Tybalt in a vengeful rage. ..........(9) the test, the flaw might never ............(10).

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