Aristotle defined Tragedy as an imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of a certain magnitude. He believed that there was six quality that a tragedy to fit into in order for it to be a true Tragedy. They are: Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle and Song. The character according to him have to the character determines the men qualities by their actions. The character also reveal what that the man choices and setbacks; they reveal moral purpose. Diction, the meaning of words, are important in the verses and prose. For thoughts, Aristotle states that thoughts are the characters speaking the language of civic life. Songs help to build the climax’s while spectacle is the bridge between the story and real life. The plot according to Aristotle is the soul of the tragedy. The flow that links the beginning to the middle and the middle to the end has to naturally fit together.
A good example of this is the movie Titanic. At the beginning of the movie, Rose begins to tell the story of the first and last voyage of the Titanic. She explain that she boarded the ship with her fiancé and her mother as upper class passenger while a floater and artist wins third class tickets to boarded the ship in a poker game. The night that she and Jack met was when her mother told Rose that marrying her fiancé, Cal, would resolve the families money problems. She was so disparate about the arrangement that she was going to jump off the back of the boat that is when Jack found her and talked her off the ledge. When Cal found her with Jack, she lied by telling him that she was looking over the edge and that jack saved her. Cal wasn’t buying until she suggest that Jack should get an award. Cal then invites him to a dinner in the first class. After the dinner, she secretly ran off with Jack to a party in the third class. She then insisted that Jack paint her nude wear her fiancés engagement gift as a present for him. They end up having sex afterward. The ship hits the iceberg and the ship goes down. She ends up living and jack dies along with thousand of others.
This a good example because is fix’s all the necessary requirements according to Aristotle.
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Hello! I really like your movie pick as Titanic was one of the movies that came to mind when I went to write this blog post. You are vivid in your depiction of the movie and your explanation of tragedy from Aristotle’s point of view. However I’m curious about connections between to two. Clearly there is connection as Titanic is definitely a tragedy, but that isn’t thoroughly explained in this blog post. I was just curious as to direct connections between the two. Thank you for your time.
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Titanic is an excellent example on explaining Aristotle’s perspective on a tragedy. Not only was the movie tragic but I think it also does a great job at creating a catharsis. Aristotle saw tragedy as a way to purify and refine the emotions through a tragic catharsis. The movie Titanic clearly is a tragic catharsis.
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Great connection to the movie titanic i would have never thought to compare it to Aristoles argument of tragedy. The movie built up jack as such a great person and in the end he still died. The music found in the movie helped to add motion and strengthen jack as a character, only to see him die in a preventable way.
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Thank you. Honestly that’s one reason why I picked it the other reason was because of the guilt factor that I believe all the character felt at one point. Hints the title.
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Great example. I, believe it or not, have not seen this film before but you did a great job of explaining how this relates to Aristotle’s idea of a tragedy. This may be the best film that can define Aristotle’s idea because of the way it fits all of his points. I have read the book for a class so I know the story very well. Great job showing us your interpretation of his ideas and connecting them with a real life film example!
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