plot should arouse the emotions of pity and fear which is the function of tragedy.

A tragic plot must avoid showing (a) a perfectly good man passing from
happiness to misery (b) a bad man rising from misery to happiness (c) an
extremely bad man falling from happiness to misery.

While comparing the importance of Plot and Character, Aristotle is quite definite
that Plot is more important than Character. He goes to the extent of saying that
there can be a tragedy without character but none without plot.

Aristotle emphasizes only one of the three unities, the Unity of Action; he is against plurality of action
as it weakens