Aristotle's Views on Poetry and Tragedy Quiz

Aristotle focuses his discussion on tragedy, which uses dramatic form.

Aristotle defines poetry as a means of mimesis, or imitation, by means of language, rhythm, and harmony.

Tragedy aims to arouse the emotions of pity and fear.

<p>The first essential is that a good tragedy should maintain unity of plot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aristotle ranks the different parts of tragedy as mythos (plot), character, thought, diction, melody, and spectacle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Poetry serves as a means of mimesis, or imitation, by means of language, rhythm, and harmony.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aristotle's discussion on tragedy focuses on agents who are better than ourselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tragedy serves to arouse the emotions of pity and fear and to effect a katharsis (catharsis) of these emotions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first essential to creating a good tragedy is maintaining unity of plot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The six different parts of tragedy, ranked in order of importance, are mythos (plot), character, thought, diction, melody, and spectacle.</p> Signup and view all the answers