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Aristotles tragedy = A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having

magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language;... in adramatic rather


than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis
of these emotions.

Hamartia=

Hamartia is also knows as tragic flaw. This word comes from the Greek
wordhamartanein which means to err. The hero of the drama is superior in all
respects except in one fatal defect in character. That shortcoming in the hero
causes his downfall, or his tragedy. Aristotle talks about Hamartia in his
workPoetics. Aristotle holds the hero from a noble family with a mature
demeanor whose downfall is brought about by some error of judgment. This
error or flaw of judgment is called as hamartia. In a play this comes into effect
when the tragic hero tries to accomplish something but ends up doing exactly the
opposite thing because of the error of judgment.

Example #1

Oedipus in a famous Greek Tragedy is a perfect example of hamartia i.e. his


downfall is cause by unintentional wrongdoings. His hubris makes him try to
defy the prophecy of gods but he ends up doing what he feared the most.

The Oracle of Delphi told him that he would kill his father and marry his
mother. To avoid this, he leaves Corinth and headed towards Thebes. On
his way, he killed an old man in a feud and later married the queen of
Thebes as he was made king of the city after he saved the city from a deadly
Sphinx. He committed all these sins in complete ignorance but he deserved
punishment because of his attempting to rebel against his fate. His reversal of
fortune is caused by his actions, which are in a sense blasphemous.

Fate=

Fate is a power that some people believe controls


and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot
be prevented or changed. You can alsorefer to the fates. Traditional usage
defines fate as a power or agency that predetermines and orders the course of
events. Fate defines events as ordered or "inevitable" and unavoidable. This is a concept based
on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe, and in some conceptions, the
cosmos.

Destiny=

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