Aristotle’s Perfect Tragedy

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Aristotle’s Perfect Tragedy Ars Poetica or The Poetics

Aristotle Ancient Greek philosopher who wrote about physics, poetry, biology, zoology, logic, rhetoric, politics, ethics Student of Plato Teacher of Alexander the Great One of the most influential thinkers of all time

Why Do We Care? The reason the we study Aristotle’s perfect tragedy is because all literary tragedies are compared to and talked about using Aristotle’s ideas You will need to know this for any future lit class in both high school and college So – Take Notes!

The Perfect Tragedy According to Aristotle, the best example of the perfect tragedy was Oedipus Rex. As we continue, think of how Oedipus Rex meets each of the following requirements.

The Three Unities According to Aristotle the perfect tragedy should hold to three unities: Time: the action should take place in 24 hours – ideally it should all be congruous, but 24 hours is ok Place – one location – no set changes Action – just one plot – no sub plots (the mysterious fourth – mood the entire play should be serious – no comic relief)

The Tragic Hero Five Parts Must be a noble King or Ruler (but the audience should be able to identify with the hero) Must have a tragic flaw: Hamartia Hubris: Pride Downfall must be caused by his own actions and must be a result of his tragic flaw Must have recognition of his own demise He should die with honor and courage

Oh, the Insanity! If the tragedy is done properly, the audience should be moved to a catharsis Catharsis: purging of emotions, especially pity and fear A catharsis should lead to a reinvigorated love of life