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Aristotelian Tragedy

Aristotelian Tragedy. b y Dominic Kuang. Aristotelian Tragedy. Stage. Note: for the full notes, see the section under the slide, or go to View> Notes Page. The character must be good but imperfect, and act appropriately for their class

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Aristotelian Tragedy

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  1. Aristotelian Tragedy by Dominic Kuang

  2. Aristotelian Tragedy Stage Note: for the full notes, see the section under the slide, or go to View> Notes Page • The character must be good but imperfect, and act appropriately for their class • The character must fall down from a high position to a low one due to a singular flaw, perhaps a hubris • There must be only one reason that this character falls, and all plot events relate to this • After the catastrophe, the hero may reach a realization -  an anagnorisis - that the events were caused due to his actions • The tragedy should arouse pity and fear in the audience, and they should feel ‘purged’ of this at the end of the play, a physiological effect called catharsis • Thought, diction, melody, and spectacle are also important aspects to a tragedy Audience

  3. Works Cited • "Aristotle’s Ideas About Tragedy." Http://cuip.uchicago.edu. University of Chicago, 26 Aug. 2001. Web. 14 Sept. 2012. <http://cuip.uchicago.edu/~ldernbach/msw/xhgkaristrag.pdf>. • Browning, Valerie. "ARISTOTLE & THE ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY." ARISTOTLE & THE ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2012. <http://glacierpeak.sno.wednet.edu/teachers/vbrowning/AP_Lit/Antigone/tragedy.doc>. • McManus, Barbara F. "Outline of Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy." Outline of Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy. N.p., Nov. 1999. Web. 14 Sept. 2012. <http://www2.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/poetics.html>.

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