... location over the course of one day, and revolving around one major plot. These Greek dramas almost universally portrayed the downfall of a hero or character of legend and high stature. Aristotle defined the classic tragedy as a story centered about the hero's noble and moral struggle against fate. To the Greeks, fate would always overpower will and in the end the characters ... along with motives and feelings. The hero, who was previously known as simply "the Moor" becomes Othello. Othello, much more than most of Shakespeare's tragedies, embodies the true spirit of Aristotle's view of ...

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... the ongoing nature of the genre. That revenge is a self-engaged and retrospective action taken privately against an equal who has injured one's honour was an idea already stated by Aristotle. With the emergence of Christian values of forgiveness and charity, private revenge was no longer acceptable. You might go on to explain that revenge can be said to be a universal ... ...

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