... and consists of five essential characteristics. Although some tragedies did not follow Aristotle's model, the list of characteristics that Aristotle describes became a prototype and outline for many Greek tragedy writers. Euripedes wrote over one hundred tragedies and many times he followed Aristotle's definition. Medea is unique in that it consists of many of Aristotle's ideas as well as some that ... Euripedes implemented himself. Aristotle states that a tragic hero must be noble, which means that the hero must be of high social class possessing moral qualities as well as unique abili...

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