Aristotle's ideas about tragedies

Three forms of plot to avoid

• A very good man should not switch from happiness to misery
• A bad man should not go from misery to happiness.
• A bad man should not change from happiness to misery.

WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN

• A true hero must not be too good or too bad.
• Although he must end up in misery

Example from text

• Oedipus saves the people from the sphinx.
• They consider him a hero.
• Later the kingdom has a plaque and the Oedipus loses his eyes.