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| Imitation of a serious action |
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| Concerned with persons above the ordinary level |
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| Should evoke emotions of pity and fear |
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It affect a catharsis of thee emotions
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| purging of strong emotions |
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| probablity in both action and character |
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| It should concern a complex action, involving... |
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- Discovery is a change from ignorance to knowledge
- Irony is reversal in the course of events
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| Be in between the extremes of virtue and evil |
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| Should observe the unites of time, place, and action |
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- Occur in one day, or twenty-four hours
- Occur in one place, or a limited location
- Should have a single main plot
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- Man and the gods
- Destiny and Fate
- Freedom and responsibility
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| A ttragedy has five parts |
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- Prologue- intro
- Parados- entrance song of chorus
- Episode- act
- Stasima- choral song between acts
- Exodus or Epilogue- finale
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