songĪ song is one form of conveying action in a tragedy. simple plotĪ simple plot is a plot that doesn't necessarily maintain unity, reversal or recognition can be episodic. Poetry is any form of art which seeks to imitate life through words (or the rhythm of words). Aristotle calls plot the 'soul of tragedy,' since it is the arrangements of incidents that justifies all the other elements of tragedy in its dramatization of action.

Plot is one of the six components of tragedy, but the most important. Pity is one of the key elements of catharisis, driven by our empathy for the hero's plight. Narrative is the dramatization of action by a single narrator. Imitation is the defining purpose of all artists to represent life as it is, as we think it is, or as it should be. Iambic is the 'dramatic' meter with a syncopated beat, more closely related to the way we speak in normal life. Hexameter is the 'epic' meter or a line of 'six feet.' iambic epicĮpic presents actions through narrative and is usually recited orally by a single narrator. dramaĭrama presents actions before an audience with the use of actors, rather than oral recitation by a single narrator.

dictionĭiction is one of the six components of tragedy it includes how an actor delivers the lines written for him.

denouementĭenouement is the unraveling of the plot that takes place after the climax. complicationĬomplication is the rising action of a dramatic work that extends from the beginning of the play to the climax or reversal. complex plotĪ complex plot involves a unity of action and purpose and ultimately leads to a climactic reversal and recognition. comedyĬomedy presents human beings as 'worse than they are' in life, in order to present a different type of imitation than in a classical tragedy. Catharsis is a key element of tragedy which induces pity and fear in the audience: pity of the hero's plight, and fear that it will befall us characterĬharacter is one of the six components of tragedy that refers not to the 'attributes' of a given person, but the person himself as a representative entity in the play.

Aristotles poetic