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| Operatic & metrical '''''tragoidos''''' means "goat-song"; the nature of tragedy is political, and they usually address politics directly. General characteristics of the [[w:Tragedy|tragedy]] include:
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| [[File:Benjamin-Constant Antigone au chevet de Polynice (2007 6 1).jpg|thumb|Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant, ''Antigone au chevet de Polynice'']]
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| * [[w:Mimesis|Mimetic]] Perspective — the sudden and catastrophic '''fall''' of a great person from fortune to misfortune.
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| * Affective (audience response) Perspective — arouses a '''''[[w:Catharsis|catharsis]]''''' of pity and terror.
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| * Causal relationship between character and '''[[w:Destiny|fate]]''' — character contributes to destiny.
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| * Character not eminently good or noble, a mean between goodness and depravity. Possesses a '''''[[w:Hamartia |hamartia]]''''', tragic flaw or simply a mistake in judgement.
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| * Universe is not perfectly ordered; achieves balance between order absurdity. Great people seem to die while the mediocrity rule.
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| * Tragic protagonist dies bravely.
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| * Tragic protagonist achieves a degree of '''''[[w:Anagnorisis|anagnorisis]]''''' or a moment of enlightenment; also an acceptance of his/her flaw. Aristotle defines ''anagnorisis'' as “a change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hate between the persons destined by the poet for good or bad fortune.”
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| * Tragic protagonist makes important choices. Her/his choices matter because they effect more than just the tragic protagonist. Aristotle defines '''''[[w:Peripeteia|peripeteia]]''''' as "a change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hate between the persons destined by the poet for good or bad fortune".
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