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MACBETH Aristotle - "Tragedy is a form of drama exciting the emotions of pity and fear. It's actions should be single and complete, presenting a reversal of fortune, involving persons renowned and a superior of superior attainments and it should be written in poetry, embellished with every kind of artistic expression." According to definition, a tragedy is when a hero or heroine has a personality fault which leads to a downfall in the course of their life. It's tragic because, there is nothing that the person can do to change the flaw in their personality and this evidently leads to the tragedy. Tragedy is perceived as a reversal of fortune, a fall from a high position. Aristotle first believed that tragedy was reserved only for someone of a high status or noble statue although; modern tragedy does not strictly follow this rule. According to A.C Bradley who wrote 'The substance of Shakespearean tragedy',...

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