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Aristotle's Tragic Hero Quiz
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Aristotle's Tragic Hero Quiz

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According to Aristotle's Poetics, the tragic hero should be a person who is:

  • eminently virtuous and involved in misfortune by deliberate vice
  • thoroughly evil and involved in misfortune by deliberate vice
  • neither eminently virtuous nor involved in misfortune by deliberate vice (correct)
  • thoroughly good and involved in misfortune by deliberate vice
  • Aristotle states that the tragic effect will be stronger if the hero is:

  • similar to ordinary moral worth
  • better than ordinary moral worth (correct)
  • completely devoid of moral worth
  • worse than ordinary moral worth
  • Aristotle concludes that the change from prosperity to adversity should not happen to a character who is:

  • thoroughly virtuous (correct)
  • completely devoid of virtue
  • utterly worthless
  • involved in misfortune by deliberate vice
  • According to Aristotle, the tragic action should inspire:

    <p>pity and fear in the audience</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Aristotle, the tragic hero should be someone of:

    <p>high and flourishing prosperity</p> Signup and view all the answers

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