Week 5: Chapter 6-12

  1. What is tragedy?
  2. Definition
  3. 6 Elements of tragedy
  4. Plot: Beginning, Middle & End
  5. Magnitude of plot: Law of necessity and probability 
  6. Unity of action 
  7. Literature and history 
  8. Pity and Fear 
  9. Simple vs Complex plot 
  10. Reversal of Situation; Recognition & Act of suffering 
  11. Quantitative parts of a tragedy: Prologue, Episode & Exode; Parode, Stasimon & Commoi

 

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