What is Tragedy according to Aristotle | Plot, Mimesis, Catharsis #tragedy

In this video, we're exploring Aristotle's definition of tragedy and its key element, plot. We'll examine how plot is created and how it interacts with the concept of mimesis and catharsis. By the end of this video, you'll have a proper understanding about the concept of tragedy and how it works.

If you're interested in Greek drama and its influence on western culture, then this video is for you!

Link for notes on Aristotle's definition of Tragedy:

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0:00 Intro
02:12 Aristotle's Definition of Tragedy
06:20 Mimesis and Diegesis
09:43 Catharsis
12:28 Plot and its Structure

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[ankanbasu]

If the death of Susant Singh Rajput is considered as a suicide, I think it can be reenacted as a tragedy following all the key elements of Aristotelian theory of an ideal tragedy.

In case of plot there will be an Exposition, Rising action, Climax (where Susant, the protagonist will face so many huge personal problems and have mental dilemma with dramatic soliloquies before taking decision of commiting suicide), Falling action i.e perieteia (where the protagonist will see that all his dreams starting with to be a bright star in the sky of film industry and to lead a very happy life is being finished and destroyed gradually/ where the protagonist will face a reversal of his expectations) and also the Denouement i.e catharsis (where with the final resolution, the pity and fear about the protagonist's plight aroused in the hearts of the audience is purged out as they reach a restive psychological stage.)

The enactment of Susant's death will follow the characteristics of Aristotle's ideal concept of tragedy. It will be mimetic (as it will be performed not narrated), serious, lengthy. It will also be the imitation of an action as it may occur in anyone's life. And it must arouse pity and fear among the audience. It will also have hamartia, hubris and anagnorisis.

[RajeshSingh-qzdd]

Please make the next video on tragedy.. I learned so many things through your session.. I really appreciate your mode of teaching ..

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[souravram]

Best explanation ever. Thank you so much. 🙏

[Bddas]

Thankyou so much for such subtle explanation

[upscaspirants]

Thanks you mam for clearing most of doubts regarding tragedy

[wanbaumdor]

This is my first video watching and I have understand everything about tragedy from this video and thank you so much Madam
Can't wait for the next video ☺️

[vinodgadekar]

very nice, Proud feeling lecture . Thanks a lot ( From - Mr. Vinod Gadekar .Maharashtra( solapur )

[artemisthegunslinger]

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[chaithanyaraghunath]

Hello ma’am, could you please provide the continuation of this topic!

[K_F_fox]

The difference between Mimesis and Diegesis is critical to understanding Shakespeare's plays. Not to enjoying them, of course, but to understanding them. For example, Sycorax in The Tempest is never actually shown on stage, being the deposed witch-queen of the island that the witch-king Prospero colonized. So everything we "know" about her is purely from the Diegetic perspective of Prospero and Caliban.

[tabassum_modi]

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[hafsazafar]

Ma'am kindly discuss Aristotle's poetics

[mdmutasim]

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[vaishalisingh]

Ma'am, please make more videos on literary theories....like that of Plato, Horace, etc. 😊

[Salina.K]

I do not think SSR’s death as a Tragedy, since the feeling of catharsis is absent, there’s no sense of tranquility in his death because of the mysterious circumstances around it. the state of anxiety and unanswered questions is ever present, hence, no feeling of relief.
our hearts are still disturbed to how and why it led to all of that ending. not to mention he was just 34 y/o at that point, so an incomplete life and it feels like it lacks the “magnitude”. plus, his life was not all “embellished”, he had a humble beginning as a boy from patna and had to face a lot of “discrimination” in the industry?

[LitLifeChronicles]

Ma'am can you please provide the link to the video where you described in detail about tragic hero, hubris, hamartia, etc. ?

[amitbhushan]

Mam thank you so much it helped me a lot 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤