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The elements of a tragedy by Aristotle.
Title: The elements of a tragedy by Aristotle.
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 1492 | Pages: 6.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The elements of a tragedy by Aristotle.
Aristotle says tragedy must obtain 6 elements and the play must have unity of time, place and action. Those elements are plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song. The character in the elements should be a superhuman, above the average person. He has to have a tragic flaw and have both virtue and vice - be both virtuous and villainous. The unity in a tragedy is based on: Time- the action of the play should occur within
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gives people. When someone goes and sees a tragedy they are expecting a suspenseful, maybe depressing play that they can also enjoy. Over the years there have been tons of great tragedies and if writers were to stop now and never write a tragedy again I think a lot of business would get lost in the process. Tragedies are what hold all the other plays together in the end because so many people love them.
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