...aspect of them that he is their poet. Of simple Plots and actions the episodic are the worst. I call a Plot episodic when there is neither probability nor...is thus obliged to twist the sequence of incident. Tragedy, however, is an imitation not only of a complete action, but also of incidents arousing pity...

...aspect of them that he is their poet. Of simple Plots and actions the episodic are the worst. I call a Plot episodic when there is neither probability nor necessity in the sequence of its episodes. What should be the character of the ideal Tragic Hero ? Should Tragedies * have an unhappy ending ?...

...aspect of them that he is their poet. Of simple Plots and actions the episodic are the worst. I call a Plot episodic when there is neither probability nor...is thus obliged to twist the sequence of incident. Tragedy, however, is an imitation not only of a complete action, but also of incidents arousing pity...

...aspect of them that he is their poet. Of simple Plots and actions the episodic are the worst. I call a Plot episodic when there is neither probability nor...is thus obliged to twist the sequence of incident. Tragedy, however, is an imitation not only of a complete action, but also of incidents arousing pity...

...aspect of them that he is their poet. Of Simple Plots and actions the episodic are the worst. I call a Plot episodic when there is neither probability nor...episodes. Actions of this sort bad poets construct 35 through their own fault, and good ones on account of the players. His work being for public performance,...

...aspect of them that he is their poet. Of simple Plots and actions the episodic are the worst. I call a Plot episodic when there is neither probability nor...is thus obliged to twist the sequence of incident. [1452'] Tragedy, however, is an imitation not only of a complete action, but also of incidents arousing...

...ranks in that order. It k the very opposite of the episodic - that is, worst - kind of plot, in which "there is neither probability nor necessity in the sequence of its episodes." It represents one action, "a complete whole, with its several incidents so closely connected that the...

...his being madly in love is what got him killed; "great love leads to death" is the premise. call a plot episodic when there is neither probability nor necessity in the sequence of its episodes." In other words, no cause-andeffect relationship. Without this relationship, incidents do not build...

...probably or necessarily say or do" (2323), and a plot is called "episodic" (which is a bad thing to be) "when there is neither probability nor necessity in the sequence of its episodes" (2323)? Taking such occurrences at face value might convince us that, according to Aristotle, a good...

...stage in his discussion of complex plots in the Poetics, where he criticizes episodic plots in which "there is neither probability nor necessity in the sequence of its episodes" (145:^35). Aristotle opposes this kind of plot to that which is appropriate for Tragedy, saying: Tragedy,...