Aristotle’s View Of Tragedy As It Pertains To Oedipus

Aristotles Poetics is the first written attempt to theorize the complex nonplus of Greek tragedy. Aristotle used Oedipus as his chief example to adjust the characteristics that a tragedy should posses. He defined tragedy as an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ¦in language a embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the some(prenominal) kinds being build in separate parts of the picnic; in the form of action, not of narrative; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to strain its purging of such emotions¦(Aristotle on Tragedy 1).

In Aristotles pot every tragedy; therefore, must(prenominal) have six flavors, which influence its quality: while, characters, diction, thought, spectacle, and melody. Almost all of these characteristics are fully visualized in Sophocless Oedipus.

Aristotle considers the biz to be the most important aspect of a tragedy, which he ¦defines as ?the arrangement of the incidents(McManus 1). Aristotle also wrote that the plot must consists of several key factors including; a hero(ine) who has distinguished him/herself as ?great in some significant way. Additionally the hero must commit hamartia or some sort of a violation and there must be a plot twist, also kn testify as peripeteia, as the result of the hamartia.



In conclusion the hero must recognize that his or hers own actions are responsible for the sudden change in fortune, and at last a tragedy must conclude with a catharsis or a purging of emotions by the hero; as well as, the audience. In a tragedy the hero usually, tho not always, should suffers death or major injury caused by the actions that they themselves have taken.

All of these characteristics can easily be found in Oedipus and some of these characteristics can be found in more then one place in the story. Oedipus, the main(prenominal) character, was...

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