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media type="custom" key="5604393" Ma. Alejandra G. and Noel B. Mr. Brunson March 12, 2010 Character .....Which is the second most important concept of Greek tragedy? Character is the second most important concept in Greek tragedy because without characters, the plot may not continue or follow a logical order. A character must be the one that moves the play and creates emotions for the audience. In order for it to support the plot, the character must experience a change in fortune and follow the six characteristics for the audience to purge themselves of the emotions of pity and fear.

.....The character’s fortune changes throughout the play due to his tragic flaw. Aristotle explains fortune by, “//Hamartia//, often translated tragic flaw. In the ideal tragedy, claims Aristotle, the protagonist will mistakenly bring about his own downfall” (McManus). The protagonist' collapse happens due to the change in fortune from good to bad that the character must experience. This change in fortune will create pity and fear in the audience which will eventually teach them a lesson. The effect of hamartia will cause perepetiea. In our extranormal the president of the United States says, “What? That can not be true because my coworker is Jaoquin Guzman a famuos business man. Oh. Joaquin Guzman is a famous drug lord in mexico and in the international area” (Ma. Alejandra G. Noel B.). Our main character experiences perepeteia by unintentionally being partners with a drug lord. This downfall causes the president to lose his power and his place in society. Aristotle explains the concept of anagnorsis, “the //anagnorisis// is the gaining of the essential knowledge that was previously lacking” (McManus). Anagnorisis comes after peripeteia and explains what the character did wrong. This concept helps to change the characters fortune by teaching him not to do it again.  .....The first three qualities of a character contribute to making up the character in the plot. The most important characteristic of the character is that the character must be “good or fine [and] Aristotle relates this quality to moral purpose and says it is relative to class” (McManus). This characteristic makes the character be in a higher position at the beginning of the play. In consequences, the character's intentions are good; this will help him maintain his role in society. Fitness in the character is also essential for the character to be developed because, “the second thing to aim at is propriety [and] there is a type of manly valor” (Aristotle). Fitness of character must be appropriate to type, for example a women should not be a warrior. This would help make the play more believable or realistic. Third in importance is that the character is true to life as presented in our extranormal, “Hi, my name is Sam Jackson president of the United States of America” (Ma. Alejandra G. Noel B.). The character should be a person similar to ordinary people in order for the audience to learn in a better way. In our extranormal the character is the president of the United States, this will create pity and fear in the audience when his downfall occurs.

.....Finally, the last three characteristics that contribute to building the protagonist are consistency, probable or necessary, and true to life and yet more beautiful. Consistency is explained in the Aristotle outline by, “Once a character's personality and motivations are established, these should continue throughout the play” (McManus). If consistency is not present in the story, the character will not be realistic nor understandable. Also, if the character is not consistent pity and fear will not be created and therefore the audience will not be taught. Necessary and probable actions must also build to the development of the character, “I have made a terrible mistake. I am going to loose my job. I am going to be in crisis” (Ma. Alejandra G. Noel B.). In our extranormal the character goes through consequences due to his gaining of knowledge and his flaw. This helps to make the story more realistic because it is logical that it might happen in real life. Being true to life and yet more beautiful is another important trait, “I want to talk to you. I am willing to give my month salary to your people since I have had success with my new business” (Ma. Alejandra G. Noel B.). Our protagonist in the extranormal is higher in rank than us since he is the president of the United States. He is yet more beautiful than us because he is willing to give his money to the poor.

 ......“Character supports the plot and therefore it is second in importance,” Aristotle explains (Aristotle). Without character there would be no development of the actions throughout the story. Qualities and motivations of the character contribute to the cause and effect actions. Following the 6 traits and having a change in fortune is necessary in order for the character to complete his role in the story. Many different concepts lead to the development of the character and to making the story create pity and fear.

Works Cited

//Charcter//. Dir. Maria A. Gonzalez and Noel Bustillos. Perf. President of the United States of America. //Xtranormal//. Xtranormal Technology Inc., 2006-2010. Web. .