Plot Unity: a unified plot is constructed around a single action and must present it as a unified whole Not dependent merely on plot being about one man/person.

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Plot Unity: a unified plot is constructed around a single action and must present it as a unified whole Not dependent merely on plot being about one man/person Not dependent merely on plot being about one man/person Each incident must be organic/critical to the plot itself Each incident must be organic/critical to the plot itself What is unsatisfying about incidents that are not critical to a plot? Can you think of an example? What is unsatisfying about incidents that are not critical to a plot? Can you think of an example?

Poetic Truth Reflects the kind of things that could happen (rather than what actually happened) Must conform to what is probable or necessary Means that poetry is of more value and more worthy of serious attention than history

Why? What makes poetry more worthy than history? What makes poetry more worthy than history? Its universality. Its universality. Is there really such a thing? Is anything universally true? Is there really such a thing? Is anything universally true?

Historical Truth Bound by particular facts Bound by particular facts Does not necessarily reflect universal truth Does not necessarily reflect universal truth

Types of Plots: Episodic Sequence of events is neither probable nor necessary; loses credibility Sequence of events is neither probable nor necessary; loses credibility These plots do not stir pity and fear because they seem to happen by either by chance or to be merely mechanical. These plots do not stir pity and fear because they seem to happen by either by chance or to be merely mechanical.

Types of Plots: Simple Single and continuous Single and continuous Change of fortune comes without reversal or discovery Change of fortune comes without reversal or discovery

Types of Plots: Complex Change in fortune comes because of reversal or discovery or both Change in fortune comes because of reversal or discovery or both Must develop out of the structure of the plot, be inevitable and probable Must develop out of the structure of the plot, be inevitable and probable

Reversal A change in affairs from one state to its opposite (generally from good to bad) A change in affairs from one state to its opposite (generally from good to bad) Conforms to probability or necessity Conforms to probability or necessity

Discovery Change from ignorance to knowledge Change from ignorance to knowledge Leads to love or hatred Leads to love or hatred May lead to good fortune or bad fortune May lead to good fortune or bad fortune May accompany a reversal (e.g. the Messenger in Oedipus) May accompany a reversal (e.g. the Messenger in Oedipus) *The most effective ones develop pity and fear in the audience, hence the tragic effect. *The most effective ones develop pity and fear in the audience, hence the tragic effect.

Calamity An action of a destructive or painful nature An action of a destructive or painful nature E.g. death openly represented, excessive suffering, etc. E.g. death openly represented, excessive suffering, etc.