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II. Character ..a. supports the plot in perfect tragedy ....1. Motivation of the character connects the cause and effect chain of actions ..b. protagonist deals with a problem which changes the character’s fortune from good to bad ....1. Creates pity and fear in the audience ..c. Hamartia ....1. Term used by Aristotle ....2. Means tragic flaw or mistake ....3. “the law of probability or necessity” ....4. Consequences ....5. Protagonist has a downfall due to his lack of information ..d. Peripeteia ....1. Self destructive action that opposes the character’s intensions ..e. Anagnorisis ....1. When the protagonist obtains the essential knowledge ..f. Characteristics ....1. Good or fine ........a. relative to class .........b. Aristotle relates it to moral purpose ....2. Character fitness .........a. according to gender .........b. Men= warrior .........c. Women=housewife ....3. True to Life .........a. Realistic .........b. Must have a tragic flaw. ....4. Consistency .........a. Personality and strong motivations through the play are established. .........b. Personality must be consistent. ....5. law of probability or necessity .........a. Characters decisions must have a cause and effect .........b. Characters decisions must have a purpose ....6. True to life and yet more beautiful .........a, Must be realistic .........b. Must be better than humans at something meaning more beautiful.

III. Thought ..a. basic unit of knowledge ..b. something is proved to be or not to be ..c. speech reveals character ..d. possible and pertinent in given circumstances