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ARISTOTLE
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poetics: perspective and descriptive, tragedy has six elements: plot, character, thought, diction, spectacle, melody
2
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PLOT
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the structuring of events in the imitation of an action
3
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ACTION
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- everything that happens in the play, but different from story.
- it must follow a sequence beginning, middle, end
4
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PLOT 2
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- must have unities:
- time, place and action
- anything that doesn’t support the plot is irrelevant and should be removed
5
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ACTION OF CHARACTER
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- moves a plot.
- Hamartia: the hero must be good, but have a tragic flaw
- Peripeteia: this flaw, brings a turn of events
- Anagnorisis: coincides where it goes from ignorant to knowledgeable
6
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PROBLEMS
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- creates a desire for the protagonist to reach their intended goal but what if is problematic
7
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TRAGEDY
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- to arise emotion, pity, and fear
- develop empathy for the character
- it encourages passivity and endorses a single perspective
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