In tragedy and epic poetry, people are represented as better than in real life, in comedy, as worse. The inferior characters of comedy should not be bad in the full sense but merely ridiculous. 2.

Aristotle considers plot to be the most important element of a tragedy. It refers to the arrangement of events or incidents that make up the story. According to Aristotle, a well-constructed plot ...

Aristotle’s argument, at its core, is that tragedy should be mimetic (meaning imitative or reflective) to action and life. Mimesis is a foundational concept of the Poetics.

In tragedy and epic poetry, people are represented as better than in real life, in comedy, as worse. The inferior characters of comedy should not be bad in the full sense but merely ridiculous. 2.

Aristotle’s argument, at its core, is that tragedy should be mimetic (meaning imitative or reflective) to action and life. Mimesis is a foundational concept of the Poetics.