Blog#11 on understanding tragedy

In Aristotle's poetics the six aspects of the tragedy, I believe the way Aristotle lays out the six aspects of tragedy helps people make sense of the way tragedy works and also learn about themselves. Aristotle claims that the plot is the first and most important element in tragedy, its very soul. the plot can be simple or complex they can have catastrophe a change in fortune for the main character. then there is peripeteia which is a reversal in the story, and last, there is anagnorisis where there is recognition or some type of realization. The characters are portrayed for the sake of the plot, not the plot for the character. the third is thought in reference to the theme. fourth is diction which is the word choices and word styles to emphasize a metaphor in the play. The fifth is a musical element to the play and the sixth is a spectacle, The spectacle is last because the spectacle is not the goal it is the appel. the goal of the play for Aristotle is to elicit katharsis for the audience. Aristotle also states that we can learn from the tragedy, that there is a universal truth to the tragedy we can get an education from.

  Similar to Aristotle's views on play tragedy Schopenhauer saw art as a form of katharsis as well. Schopenhauer says that art shows the unspoken ugly side of life, the wretchedness, and the misery of mankind. the tragedy for Schopenhauer allows us to contemplate the feelings of sorrows but not a part of it, it's happening and we become aware of it but it does not touch us or affect us. For Schopenhauer tragedy provide a kind of redemption from pity and fear.

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  1. Professor RogerNovember 22, 2021 at 8:10 AM

    Nice summary! Note that catharsis can mean either purgation or clarification. Different interpretations follow from the decision about what catharsis means

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