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Pity and fear
Pity and fear
A writer should consider the audience when writing to ensure that they will achieve the objective of entertaining the reader/viewer. By doing so, the writer will be able to make sure that the audience can connect with the story and the characters.
a) to connect with the people who will read your work
There is no evidence that Shakespeare had ever heard of Aristotle's Poetics and considerable evidence that he had not. The evidence that he had not is that virtually none of his tragedies pay attention to Aristotle's strictures on what tragedy should be about. For example, King Lear changes from an autocrat, to a madman, to someone who is serenely centred to someone who is shattered by grief. Consider what Aristotle thought were essential to tragic heroes--that they be good (is Lear's treatment of Cordelia and Kent good?), appropriate (is the spectacle of a king stripping himself naked and acting like a child appropriate?), and consistent. King Lear is none of these, and particularly not consistent. The Shakespearean tragic hero who most complies with Aristotle's ideas is Timon in Timon of Athens; the one who least complies is Hamlet. Thank heaven Shakespeare knew nothing of Aristotle.
According to Aristotle, the audience should feel pity for the tragic hero and fear that the same fate could befall them.
According to Aristotle, the audience should feel both fear and pity while watching a tragedy. This emotional response, known as catharsis, allows the audience to experience a release of those emotions and gain a sense of emotional purification or relief.
Pity and fear
Pity and fear
A tragedy should inspire pity and fear in the audience.
The audience should feel pity for the tragic hero and fear that the same fate could befall them.
The audience should feel the protagonist suffers more than he or she deserves.
A tragedy should inspire pity and fear.
Pity and fear APEX!!
Aristotle thought the modes should be used to express a certain feeling and each mode had its place.
According to Aristotle, in a tragedy the focus should be on the actions of the characters rather than the story itself. He believed that the events in a tragedy should unfold through the actions of the characters, leading to a cathartic experience for the audience. Ultimately, it is the choices and decisions made by the characters that drive the tragic events in the story.
You should live in accordance to the beatitudes with happiness.