Question 4

Question 1

Tragedy

Answer 1

is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude to accomplish its katharsis of fear and pity.

Question 2

Imitation of a serious action

Answer 2

important for arousing fear and pity, as actions perceived as serious

Question 3

realistic characters

Answer 3

having realistic characters allows the audience to connect better emotionally which helps arousing emotions for katharsis.

Question 4

the playing being complete in itself

Answer 4

Has a Beginning, Middle, and End. Also, all loose ends are tied up nicely. If they aren’t it can hinder katharsis because people focus on the loose end more than the conflict.

Question 5

good characters: but not too good

Answer 5

morally good characters are important since the audience is on the protagonist’s side. If they were bad, the audience would learn to promote immoral attitudes irl. The Tragic Flaw is usually the cause of the conflict in the story makes it a Tragedy.

Question 6

having a single issue (good to bad fortune)

Answer 6

Having more than one issue will throw off the magnitude of the play and lessen audience retention