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The Poetics- Aristotle tragedy- the impersonation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in it self in lyric poem with pleasurable accessories, each kind brought in separately in part of the work in a dramatic, not in a story form with incidents arousing pity and fear where with to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.I. word of honor of TragedyA. Six parts to a tragedy1. fable/plot- the gang of incidents, or things done in the story2. characters- theyre what make us ascribe certain moral qualirties to the agents (actors)3. diction- the composition of the verses4. thought- shown in what is said when proving a point is enunciating a general truth5. spectacle- stage appearance of the actors6. melody- self explanatoryII. Importance of the Fable/Plot over the other elementsA. Tragedy is essentially an imitation not of persons, but of action and life, of happiness and disasterB. The life and soul of a tragedy is the plot 1. Tragedy is impractical without action, but there may be one without CharacterC. The nearly powerful elements of attract...