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According to Aristotle, a tragedy must center on the suffering of a tragic hero or heroine.
In his work on <em>Poetics, </em>Aristotle defines tragedy in this way: "Tragedy is a form of drama exciting the emotions of pity and fear. Its action should be single and complete, presenting a reversal of fortune, involving persons renowned and of superior attainments, and it should be written in poetry embellished with every kind of artistic expression."
In his thoughts on <em>Poetics</em> (or what we would call the dramatic arts), Aristotle also asserted that every tragedy (a dramatic, serious play) contains six elements: "Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, Song."
