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Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy
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Aristotle's theory of Tragedy
Important! This is not my work! All the content of this prezi is either directly taken from or paraphrased from Barbara F. McManus' article "Outline of Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy in the POETICS," or from Aristotle through McManus' research in the same article. My only effort was selection of content and mapping it on the prezi. Please see citation.
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Plot
Spectacle
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Work Cited
Have a beginning, middle, and end, with a tight chain of cause-and-effect events leading to the climax, and then back down to the resolution, or denoument.
McManus, Barbara F. "Outline of Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy." Outline of Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy. The College of New Rochelle, Nov. 1999. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.
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Qualitatively:
In terms of Seriousness and Universal Significance
And Quantitatively:
Lengthy and Complex
- A "whole"
- Unite of Action
- "Of a certain magnitude
- Simple or Complex
Structurally "self-contained." In other words, all the critical events occur within the action of the play, and not outside. Few, if any, coincidences.
Preferably complex
Melody
Character
Start High, End Low - Prosperous and Famous
Music.
Hamartia - "Tragic Flaw"
Should have the following traits:
- "Good"
- "Fitness of Character"
- "True to life"
- "Consistent"
- "Necessary or probable"
- "True to life, yet more beautiful"
Purpose:
Katharsis: Purging Emotions
Specifically, with tragedy, Pity and Fear:
“pity is aroused by unmerited misfortune, fear by the misfortune of a man like ourselves.”
Diction
Thought (Theme)
“the expression of the meaning in words” - especially metaphors
“where something is proved to be or not to be, or a general maxim is enunciated.”
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