TRAGEDY

"is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action not narrative; through pity and fear affecting the proper purgation of emotions."

ARISTOTLE
wrote this "THE POETICS" between 345-322 B.C.

He also wrote about the Tragic Character

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