ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Aristotle, tragedy has six main elements: plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle (scenic effect), and song (music), of which the first two are primary.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Most important of all, ” Aristotle said, “is the structure of the incidents. For tragedy is an imitation not of men but of an action and of life, and life consists in action, and its end is a mode of action, not a quality.” Aristotle considered the plot to be the soul of a tragedy, with character in second place.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aristotle begins by saying that tragedy arouses pity and fear in such a way as to culminate in a cleansing of those passions, the famous catharsis. The word is used by Aristotle only the once, in his preliminary definition of tragedy.

Detailed explanation-4: -the five parts are: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Denouement.

Detailed explanation-5: -Simple and Complex Plots The simple plot represents a change of fortune which does not come about through a reversal of the situation and does not involve recognition on the part of the hero. In the complex plot, the change of fortune emerges of necessity from the events preceding it.