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* Affective (audience response) Perspective — arouses a [[catharsis]] of pity and terror. | * Affective (audience response) Perspective — arouses a [[catharsis]] of pity and terror. | ||
* Causal relationship between character and fate — character contributes to destiny. | * Causal relationship between character and fate — character contributes to destiny. | ||
* | * Character not eminently good or noble, a mean between goodness and depravity. Possesses a [[hamartia]], tragic flaw or simply a mistake in judgement. | ||
* Universe is not perfectly ordered; achieves balance between order absurdity. Great people seem to die while the mediocrity rule. | * Universe is not perfectly ordered; achieves balance between order absurdity. Great people seem to die while the mediocrity rule. | ||
* Tragic [[protagonist]] undergoes a [[peripeteia|<i>peripeteia</i>]], or a reversal of fortune; a fall that is part of the [[climax]] of the tragedy. | * Tragic [[protagonist]] undergoes a [[peripeteia|<i>peripeteia</i>]], or a reversal of fortune; a fall that is part of the [[climax]] of the tragedy. | ||