What is plot?
-plot is the arrangement of incidents.
Beginning
-the incitive moment
-it must start the cause and effect chain.
Middle
-climax
-it must be caused by earlier incidents ….
End
-resolution
-must be caused by preceding events but not lead to other incidents.
-the end should resolve the problem created during the incitive moment.
Simple vs. Complex Plots
-simple has only a “change of fortune”
-complex has a reversal of intention “peripeteia” and recognition “anagnorisis” connected with the catastrophe.reversal is dependent of intellect and logic eg.character of main character.
Character
-in the ideal tragedy,the protagonist will mistakenly bring about his own downfall-not because he is sinful or weak-but because he does not know enough.
-this lack of self knowledge is called “hamartia”.
Impt Vocabulary
katharsis
mimesis
anagorisis
perepeteia
hamartia
Mindless looking vs True Observation
