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The Perfect Aristotelian Tragedy: "Oedipus the King"
Summary: The play "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles has all the ingredients necessary for a great Aristotelian tragedy. It contains the perfect Aristotelian tragic plot, consisting of paripeteia, anagnorisis, and catastrophe. It has the perfect tragic character that suffers from happiness to misery due to his tragic flaw. And the play evokes pity and fear that produces the tragic effect, catharsis (a purging of emotion).
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