Blog 5

Aristotle wrote the book about these definitions to analyze and come up with conclusions about them. The first one is tragedy, defined as a work that arouses pity and fear. In other terms a work should make the reader should either be scared or feel sorry to be good. Tragedy has three characteristics, is mimetic , is serious or tells a story. Another word is hamartia, meaning something being taken mistakenly.  Katharsis, another word Aristotle used, described as a purge of emotions of pity or fear. Deus ex machina is the last word Aristotle talks about, basically meaning someone of a higher power, like a god, comes in and saves the day. Aristotle doesn't like this idea because people should learn how to solve the problems on their own.