William ShakespeareEnglish Poet, Playwright, & Actor |
What is a Classical Tragedy?A classical tragedy is when the hero of the story experiences (in one timespan, setting, and story) some sort of reversal of fortune by gods which results into hubris. It progresses from everything being in order then leads to disorder and interrupts the great chain of being.
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Elements of a Classical Tragedy
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Aristotle's Classical TragedyAristotle's definition of a tragedy. . .
"A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language;... in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, where with to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions." |