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Ashwini R - Mindmap - Aristotle Poetics

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ORIGIN: Imitation, then, is

POETICS by Aristotle one instinct of our nature.

Narrative. Aristotle stated that the tragedy should imitate a whole


EPIC action, which means that the events follow each other by
Long
CHARACTER / TYPES Unity of
STRUCTURE probability or necessity and that the causal chain has a
beginning and an end. There is a knot, a central problem
Tragedy is an imitation of an action that the protagonist must face
action that poses magnitude in
language and made pleasure,
effecting through pity and fear, COMPILATION : During complication, the protagonist finds
TRAGEDY (noble character) the purification of such emotions. trouble as the knot is revealed or tied

COMEDY (lower character)

UNRAVELING the knot is resolved


Medium: Rhythm, language, melody.

Imitation of life Manner: art, drama, epic.

Object: Structure, tragedy, comedy.

Characters are men and women who act. The hero and the
CHARACTER (ethos)
Diction is the medium of language heroine are two important figures among the characters.
or expression through which the Thought means what the characters think or feel during their
DICTION (lexis)
characters reveal their thoughts career in the development of the plot.
and feelings. The diction should be
‘embellished with each kind of ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY The Plot is the most important part of a tragedy. The plot means ‘the
arrangement of the incidents’. Normally the plot is divided into five acts,
artistic element’. and each Act is further divided into several scenes. The dramatist’s main
The decoration of the stage is the major skill lies in dividing the plot into Acts and Scenes in such a way that they
PLOT (mythos) may produce the maximum scenic effect in a natural development.
part of the spectacle. The Spectacle is
theatrical effect presented on the stage.
But spectacle also includes scenes of The song is one of these embellishments.
physical torture, loud lamentations,
dances, colourful garments of the main SONG
SPECTACLE (opsis)
characters, and the beggarly or jocular The thought is expressed
appearance of the subordinate
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through their speeches and
characters or of the fool on the stage.
THOUGHT (dianoia) dialogues. (1913321008055)

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