A fun, comprehensive, four lesson mini-scheme which introduces Tragedy for KS5 students embarking on AQA’s A-Level Literature B course. Includes information about key terms for studying the Tragic genre at A-Level, The lessons focus on Othello, The Great Gatsby and Richard II but can easily be adapted for your centre’s chosen texts. The scheme gives a comeprehensive overview of the tragic genre, from its inception by Aristotle to its development through the renaissance and into modernism. The package includes helpful notes on Aristotle’s ideas, as well as comprehensive notes on the renaissance and modernism. The resources folder also includes ‘Tragedy and the Common Man’ by Arthur Miller and an introduction to Shakespearean Tragedy from the Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare. nb: notes have been written with the help of AI in some places but this is always stated clearly and all notes written by chatgpt are subject to significant input from myself and have been checked by myself.