Idaho Senator Larry Craig Resignation Speech

Here, stright from the tragic hero himself, is Craig's speech. Frye, following Aristotle's model, shows how tragedy is defined by certain customary plot developments. Pathos, or the fall/death of the hero is indespensable to tragedy, and here we witness Senator Craig having to abandon his life's accomplishments and political influence in a shroud of shame and accusation. While he is not physcially dying, we look on with the sobriety of an audience witnessing a fall. - MF