| | | | | anything about his character . Since it has already |
| Aristotle laid down some principles governing how a | | | | been elaborated upon by Aristotle that only an |
| tragedy should be written . He put forth various | | | | intermediate kind of a person can be the protagonist |
| thoughts and philosophies based on which the basic | | | | of a tragedy , this argument is further strengthened |
| framework of tragedies was laid down . However , | | | | .It is a fact that no such thing like ideal good or |
| Aristotle did spend a lot of thought on what exactly | | | | perfect evil .All characters,which in some form or the |
| was the soul of tragedy . according to him , the soul | | | | other are amplified reflections of reality , contain |
| of the tragedy is the plot and it enjoys an | | | | some goodness whatsoever . So if misery falls upon |
| irreplaceable position in terms of importance to the | | | | any character , morally we may or may not be |
| entire drama . but his thoughts were not shared by | | | | satisfied but the feeling of pity will be roused even if |
| many thinkers who put up a counter-argument that | | | | we have not done an in-depth analysis of the |
| without the unveiling of complex layers of a | | | | character of the person . Whether we are morally |
| character , without shining a spotlight onto a | | | | satisfied or not depends on the character ,but it is |
| person’s character emotions like pity , fear and | | | | ultimately the plot, unfolding of actions by people or |
| regret cannot be aroused among the audience . | | | | fortune that puts some people into misery and leads |
| This was a very good argument .Take for example, | | | | the others to prosperity . The tragic feeling is |
| had Macbeth’s continuous turmoil for doing evil | | | | aroused nonetheless . For example when the |
| deeds , his confusion , his guilt not been portrayed so | | | | Hiroshima bombings took place , the entire world felt |
| perfectly it would have been hard to move the | | | | the horror of the deed and also felt sympathetic to |
| audience .A brave person losing everything he loved | | | | the affected people , irrespective of the fact that |
| just because of an error of judgment , wouldn’t | | | | the affected might have contained murderers and |
| have affected the audience had the character of | | | | thieves . It is ultimately the actions that create |
| Macbeth ,his bravery , would not have been | | | | misery bringing out emotions of pity and sympathy , |
| described so convincingly .But Aristotle put forward | | | | actions which by their ends give nuances to a |
| the argument that fall of misery on any general | | | | person’s character and it is the plot which |
| person , forces a response of pity and regret at him | | | | creates these actions . |
| , irrespective of the fact that we don’t know | | | | |