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Defining a Tragedy Defining, a Tragedy Greek philosopher Aristotle proposes components of an ideal tragedy in his work, Tragedy and the Emotions of Pity and Fear. According to Aristotle, there are six components of a great tragedy: plot, character, thought, verbal expression, song, and visual adornment. He dissects these components in great detail and provides standards for all of them. In his play Bacchae, Euripides resembles much of Aristotle’s components of an ideal tragedy. …

…The influential Greek philosopher Aristotle provides history and rationale for the perfect Greek tragedy in his Tragedy and the Emotions of Pity and Fear. He discusses in great detail the requirements of a well-constructed tragedy. Based on Aristotle’s reasoning, Euripides’ Bacchae greatly resembles a perfect Greek tragedy, with only minor flaws. An important belief that they share is that a great tragedy should leave an audience feeling emotions of pity and fear. Word Count: 1488