Tragedy 悲剧——英文定义.docVIP

Tragedy：a serious play (or, by extension, a novel ) representing the disastrous downfall of a central character, the protagonist. The Greek philosopher Aristotle put forward his most influential definition of tragedy in his Poetics (4th century BC): the imitation of an action that is serious and complete, achieving a catharsis (“purification”) through incidents arousing pity and terror. Tragic flaw: the defect of character that brings about the protagonist’s downfall in a tragedy: Othello’s jealousy is a famous example. The idea of the tragic flaw involves a narrowing and personalizing of the