Definitions
Tragedy
Poetry
Dionysus' Wild Card
Final Jeopardy
100
What does Aristotle mean by "imitation"?
Mimicry of sound
100
According to Aristotle, what is the MOST important element of a tragedy?
Plot
100
What is one of the reasons poetry emerged?
Man's instinct for imitation
100
What is the only unity Aristotle insists upon?
Unity of Action
100
Who wrote Poetics?
Aristotle's Students
200
What is the term for the qualities ascribed to certain men?
Character
200
Tragedy relies on ...?
Action
200
What does poetry tend to imitate, according to Aristotle?
Noble men and "bad" men
200
A ______ epic contains both direct and indirect narrative.
Homeric
300
What is the term for a purgation of pity and fear in the audience?
Catharsis
300
What is the best kind of tragic plot?
A harmful deed is premeditated in ignorance, but a discovery helps prevent it
300
What genre has the same plot structure as Tragedy?
Epic Poetry
300
This genre began as an imitation of 'meaner' men
Comedy
400
What, by definition, is serious, complete, and of a significant magnitude?
Tragedy
400
Which is the worst kind of tragic plot?
A harmful deed is avoided knowingly
400
How many lines of Aristotle's Poetics cover the revision process of poetry?
0
500
What does "dramatis" mean?
Drama of action
500
Dionysus Daily Double!
According to Aristotle, what is the LEAST important element of a tragedy?
500
Complications and Denouement are two elements of ...?
Plot