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Aristotle’s Rules for Tragedy: The Essential Elements Unveiled

Delve into Aristotle’s Rules for Tragedy from The Poetics, defining tragedy and exploring the musts and optionals including hamartia, empathy, catharsis, single plot, peripeteia, anagnorisis, fate, and tragic joy.

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Aristotle’s Rules for Tragedy: The Essential Elements Unveiled

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  1. Aristotle’s Rules for Tragedy from The Poetics

  2. Definition Tragedy = A drama in which the protagonist dies or is utterly defeated.

  3. The “Musts” • .The protagonist (main character) must be a person of importance • Hamlet (a prince) • Oedipus ( a king) • Brutus (from Julius Caesar) (a senator)

  4. The “Musts” • . The protagonist is guilty of a hamartia (literally a “missing the mark”; a flaw) • jealousy • pride • greed

  5. The “Musts” • . The audience must empathize with the protagonist • This process is necessary for the audience to experience catharsis • (the purging or cleansing of emotions)

  6. The “Musts” • . The tragedy must have a single plot.

  7. The “Optionals” • . Peripeteia = an ironic twist

  8. The “Optionals” • . Anagnorisis = a discovery or revelation Oh, I get it now!

  9. The “Optionals” • . Fate or inevitability

  10. The “Optionals” • . Tragic joy ? =

  11. Musts person of importance hamartia audience empathy one plot Optionals peripeteia anagnorisis fate tragic joy Summary:The Elements of Tragedies

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