The term tragedy is broadly applied literary, and especially to dramatic, representations of serious actions which eventuate in a disastrous conclusion for the protagonist, a person "better than ourselves," who through some error in judgment, weakness of character, or twist of fate suffers crushing defeat or death.
Aristotle defined tragedy as "the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself," and that involves "incidents arousing pity and fear, where with to accomplish the catharsis of such emotions.
Necessarily, then, every tragedy has six constituents, which will determine its quality. They are plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song.
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