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Five Elements Of Tragedy In Macbeth

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Aristotle indicated that “Every Tragedy must have six parts, which parts determine its quality—namely, Plot, Characters, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, and Melody.”(1) Without having those parts the tragedy will lose it meaning. The play Macbeth is categorized as a Tragedy, because it applies many elements and characteristics which tragedy has. In other hand it is clear that Shakespeare effected by Greek tragedy, because he used the main elements of tragedy. Most of tragedy plays were having five acts. In Macbeth we can simply see that Shakespeare made Macbeth into five acts.

The first principle is plot, the most important elements of tragedy. Aristotle defines plot as “the arrangement of the incidents” he says the plot of the play must be “a whole,” which means that the plot must contains a beginning, middle, and end (2).The beginning must start with the cause-and-effect to show the reason of the play (i.e.in Macbeth play we see why the play starts and what is the reason behind). The middle, must be caused by earlier events and itself cause the event that follow it (i.e.in Macbeth killing the king is …show more content…

One of the most elements of Shakespearean tragedy in Macbeth is peripeteia. Indeed, all along the play there are sudden turns of events that also happen to contribute to other elements such as fate, catastrophe and even hubris. The first one occurs in act I, scene 3 when the witches announce to Macbeth that he is not only Thane of Glamis but will also become Thane of Cawdor and then king. This is very important because it is basically where the whole story starts.it is what leads Macbeth to his dark and to the murder of King Duncan, then to the assassination of his own best friend, Banquo, turning him into a complete monster. Even Macbeth kills and does all things to be king and happy. But he cannot be succeeded and at the end disaster will face him and destroy the entire thing he

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