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Aristotle's Requirements

From Aristotle Poetics 1452b:
  • Elements of drama
    • Reversal
    • Discovery
    • Calamity
  • Divisions of Tragedy
    • Prologue
    • Episode
    • Exode
    • Choral Song (divided into Parode and Stasimon)
    Constituent Parts:
    (From Aristotle's Poetics 1450a)
    • plot
    • character
    • diction
    • thought
    • spectacle
    • song
    • See also:
    Tragedy: Setting the Stage
    Terminology for Drama (especially tragedy)
    Other Features on Drama

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