CLASSICS 1B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter Aristotle and Plato's views (Tutorial note): Tragic Hero

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 1B03
• Professor: Kathryn Mattison

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This means that a good tragedy deals (cid:449)ith one issue that is (cid:448)ery (cid:862)serious. (cid:863) Magnitude the issues have to be serious and important. This is why a lot of tragedies deal with the death of a character (usually the protagonist: appropriate and pleasurable language: Role of the chorus (to comment on the action of the play) The chorus sometimes sang their part: a dramatic form. Story must be dramatized or acted out: must arouse pity and fear the events or episodes in the play should lead the audience to feel very sorry for the main character- the tragic hero. Audience should feel afraid for the hero as he moves towards his destructive end. Aristotle said that tragedy has six main elements: plot, character. The last four elements (thought, diction, melody, and spectacle) are the least important, but aristotle felt they must be done well for the play to succeed.