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Greek Tragedy

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Tragedy is the imitation of an action according to the law of probability or necessity. It shows rather than tells, and shows what may happen.

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Plot

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-most important feature of tragedy

-method of how incidents are presented to the audience

- outcomes of tragedies that depend on cause and effect are superior compared to others.

Katharsis

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The end of a tragedy. The urgation, cleansing of the tragic emotions of pity and fear

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Tragedy creates a cause and effect order of events and reveals what may happen at any time or any place.

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The audience can envision themselves in this cause/effect chain.

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Characters

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Characters will support the plot and produce pity/fear from the audience. A character will bring about their own downfall from their lack of knowledge of the situation.

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1. Plots must have an incentive moment, climax and resolution.

2. Plot must be structurally self-contained with no outside intervention.

3. Plot must have both qualitative and quantitative aspects.

4. Complex plots have both "reversal of intention" and "recognition" which tend to be the best to add to a cause-and-effect chain.

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One gets "pleasure" from contemplating the pity and fear that are aroused through out the work

Quality of characters

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1. They must be "good or fine" meaning a moral purpose.

2. Fitness of character. The character must be appropriate for the role

3. True to life. Must be realistic

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4. Consistency with the characters. Throughout the tragedy they must stay true to their personalities.

5.Necessary or probable. The character must logically created to fit the story

6. True to life. Characters are idealized and ennobled in the story.

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