... . Thus, Hamlet seeks to take revenge on his uncle however his procassination resulted in a catastrophic end. Hamlet does not cohere to all of Aristotle's criteria for stage two of catharsis, because there is no actual cathartic moment. Hamlet's falling of shields occur before his highest of suffering and moment of enlightenment. Hamlet's moment of enlightenment and fall of shields occur almost at the end of the play. (Act 5, Sc. 2), his shields fall ... when he tells to Horatio that how his life is going along: How all occasions do inform against me And spur my dull revenge Now whether i...

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... of the play; in the form of action , not of narrative: through pity and fear effecting proper purgation of these emotions. " (Aristotle Chap.VI) Aristotle goes on to examine what he thought were the most important elements in a tragedy, "it is not the function of the poet to relate what has happened, but what may happen, what is possible according to the law of probability or necessity. "(Aristotle Chap.VI) This idea of the law of ... no blood was spilled on stage in Greek tragedy. In fact the tragedy was in the description, the dialogue of the characters. The only way that, as an audienc...

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