This is fo serious

     As the wonderful and responsible student that I am,I forgot my book at school.So I am looking sideways at a picture of the text so bear with me if this doesn't make too much sense.No seriously,I want you to act like a bear.I'm looking at the perspective of Defining Tragedy by  Aristotle.I liked this perspective because it reminds me of my own.I make fun of tragedy and depending on the way you look at it,Aristotle could be too.Tragedy is supposed to reflect humans and life yet often times it becomes predictable.Aristotle lists the things tragedy has to do to be acceptable which I greatly agree with.In that sense,it becomes predictable!He says that the good guy has to go down because of error not because they chose to do the bad thing,that way the reader will feel pity for him.The characters have to be in the middle of the goodness spectrum so the reader can identify with him.And that tragedy is imitation of people above the normal which I totally see.This all relates to Oedipus who has the case of all three.Aristotle says that dues ex machina should not be used,but maybe outside the tragedy,once again relating to Oedipus.He also talks about how tragedies usually surround families as seen in Oedipus ans then in his daughter's play,Antigone.This is interesting for the fault of a parent usually ends up creating problems for the people around them,especially their children.He also states that for a tragedy to be a great tragedy,one must hear the facts and grimace.This is true for Oedipus;when the reader finds out everything they cant help but feel pity and sadness from the events.Who would have thought that a wonderful,super famous philosopher and a silly,lazy student would have so much in common?By the way,the famous philosopher I'm talking about is me.