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文学 A tragedy, then, is the imitation of an action that is serious … in a dramatic, not in a narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, with which to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. Tragedy is an imitation of incidents arousing pity and fear. Such incidents have the very greatest effect on the mind when they occur unexpectedly and at the same time in consequence of one another; they arouse more awe than if they happened accidentally and by chance. Hamlet: A man full of doubts, fears, and spiritual uncertainties Hamlet projected Shakespeare’s vision of political chaos in 1