... The plot may be either simple or complex, although complex is better. Simple plots have only a "change of fortune" (catastrophe). Complex plots have both "reversal of situation" (peripeteia) and "recognition" (anagnorisis) connected with the catastrophe. Both peripeteia and anagnorisis turn upon surprise. Peripeteia leads directly to the anagnorisis. This creates the catastrophe, leading to the final ... . Thus tragedy is a sort of moral story to show the futility of human wealth and power. A great German philosopher and critic, Hegel, stresses the importance of 'moral conflict" in...

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... of witchcraft by Parris. Nothing came prior to the discovery and naturally the story will follow. Throughout the play the actions are "simple" because the change of fortune "comes without a reversal or recognition scene." In the play each action which is preformed is followed by another, which was caused by the preceding action. For example Elizabeth's name is mentioned ... hero. Perhaps the idea of a common hero in the days of Aristotle might not have worked, and a hero who maintained a high status was necessary, that is no longer true, as Miller has proven. Procter portraying the trag...

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