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Anna Katibah LaPointe English Period 4 11*6*03 Does Romeo and Juliet Fit Aristotle's Definition Of A Tragedy? A story is an account or recital of one or many events, true or not. Many different types of stories have been written since the earliest forms of writing. Even though it was written by Aristotle in the 340's B.C., one form in particular, the tragedy, sticks out in minds today. Today the term tragedy has come to mean something sad making many people miss use it within the context of literature. A very famous author, William Shakespeare, always stuck to Aristotle's definition of a tragedy. According to Aristotle in his book Poetics, a tragedy is a serious fictional story which has: the three unities time, place, and action; involves important figures who have a major flaw; incorporates reversal and recognition; and has pity, fear and catharsis. Shakespeare wrote a very famous tragic play called...

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