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  2. Tragic hero - Wikipedia

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    Kullervo, a tragic hero from the Karelian and Finnish Kalevala. The influence of the Aristotelian hero extends past classical Greek literary criticism.Greek theater had a direct and profound influence on Roman theater and formed the basis of Western theater, with other tragic heroes including Macbeth in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth, and Othello in his Othello. [4]

  3. Poetics (Aristotle) - Wikipedia

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    The table of contents page of the Poetics found in Modern Library's Basic Works of Aristotle (2001) identifies five basic parts within it. [12] Preliminary discourse on tragedy, epic poetry, and comedy, as the chief forms of imitative poetry. Definition of a tragedy, and the rules for its construction. Definition and analysis into qualitative ...

  4. Mythos (Aristotle) - Wikipedia

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    Mythos [from Ancient Greek μῦθος mûthos] is the term used by Aristotle in his Poetics (c. 335 BCE) to mean an Athenian tragedy's plot as a "representation of an action" [1] or "the arrangement of the incidents" [2] that "represents the action". [3]

  5. Classical unities - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle considers length or time in a distinction between the epic and tragedy: Well then, epic poetry followed in the wake of tragedy up to the point of being a (1) good-sized (2) imitation (3) in verse (4) of people who are to be taken seriously; but in its having its verse unmixed with any other and being narrative in character, there they ...

  6. Metabasis paradox - Wikipedia

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    In chapter 13 of the book, Aristotle states that for tragedy to end in misfortune is "correct," [6] yet in chapter 14 he judges a type of plot in tragedy "best" [7] that does not end in misfortune. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Since the 16th century, scholars [ 10 ] [ 11 ] in Classics have puzzled over this contradiction or have proposed solutions, of which ...

  7. Macbeth - Wikipedia

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    The Tragedy of Macbeth, often shortened to Macbeth (/ m ə k ˈ b ɛ θ /), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is estimated to have been first performed in 1606 . [ a ] It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambitions to power.

  8. ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: Denzel Washington Commands ...

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    “The Tragedy of Macbeth” was shot in black-and-white in 1.19:1, the end-of-the-silent-era aspect ratio that gives you a frame that’s a nearly perfect square.

  9. Lexis (Aristotle) - Wikipedia

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    According to Plato, lexis is the manner of speaking.Plato said that lexis can be divided into mimesis (imitation properly speaking) and diegesis (simple narrative). Gerard Genette states: "Plato's theoretical division, opposing the two pure and heterogeneous modes of narrative and imitation, within poetic diction, elicits and establishes a practical classification of genres, which includes the ...