Aristotle's Poetics

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are. The third difference, is “the manner in which of the objects may be imitated.” He reasons that another aspect in which an author can imitate is through narration, meaning that they can either incorporate the narrator as a character or simply as an objective person.

These first parts of The Poetics by Aristotle are very carefully thought out and right to the point. He immediately presents the reader with definitions and concepts, I assume to prepare them for the chapters to come. Even though it is contained in a single line, I find his analysis of comedies and tragedies fascinating, though I have not put much thought into it previously, it only makes sense. In the former, the author usually depicts a tragic world and therefore approaches it from a satirical perspective. The “hero” of many comedies is usually plagued with a flaw, which we laugh at, whereas in the latter, the “hero” of a tragedy is usually one of higher morality. This is why we are so distraught when the flaw ...

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