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A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.

A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.

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Hero, True Identity, Tragedy

Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues

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Hero, Tragedy, Excess

Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.

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Men, Tragedy, Comedy
Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.456, Simon and Schuster

A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.

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Fear, Tragedy, Catharsis
Poetics ch. 6, 1449b

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

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Tragedy, Action, Ends
Aristotle, Demetrius (of Phaleron) (1953). “Aristotle: the Poetics: "Longinus": On the Sublime. Demetrius On Style”

The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.

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Passion, Tragedy, Ends

The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny.

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Hero, Destiny, Tragedy

Tragedy is an imitation not of men but of a life, an action

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Men, Tragedy, Action
Aristotle, Gerald Frank Else (1970). “Poetics”, p.27, University of Michigan Press

Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same time, they follow as cause and effect. The tragic wonder will then be great than if they happened of themselves or by accident; for even coincidences are most striking when they have an air of design.

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Air, Design, Tragedy
Aristotle (0101). “The Poetics of Aristotle”, p.18, Prabhat Prakashan

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