Aristotle’s definition in the “poetics”. Aristotle’s Poetics is considered the

first work of literary criticism in our tradition. The couple of pages in the

book mainly describe tragedy from Aristotle’s point of view. He defines

tragedy as being an imitation of an action that is a whole and complete in

itself and of a certain magnitude. Aristotle also points out terms such as

catharsis, which can be said that is the purification of one’s soul. He argues in

his Poetics that catharsis is achieved through emotions of pity or fear, which

is created in the audience as they witness the tragedy of a character who

suffers unjustly, but is not entirely innocent. Then he moves on to describing

the main elements of tragedy. Such elements are: plot, character, language,

thought, spectacle, and melody. Then he classifies these in three parts, the

media, the manner and the objects. The language and melody constitute the

“media”, in which they effect the imitation. Then there is the spectacle, which

is the “manner”, and the remaining three, the plot, character and thought are

the “objects” that are imitated. Aristotle considers the plot to be the mos

achievements greatly. If one of these happens to fail, then the catastrophe of a

parents seek the advice of the Delphi Oracle, who recommends that they

1293) and that blindness does not necessarily have to be physical as we can

what happens when great men fall from their lofty social or political positions.

severe depression is near (Miller 34). Those actions happen when the

not marry, I have killed whom I should not kill; now all is clear" (Sophocles

everything has come out true. Light, I shall not look on you Again. I have

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