Aristotle believed that oedipus the king was the perfect tragedy. in no more than 300 words, explain why.

Aristotle in his famous book “Poetics” lays down the characteristics essential for a tragedy to be a perfect one. For Aristotle, any tragedy is a perfect tragedy when the action has seriousness, magnitude and is complete in itself. Peripeteia, anagnorisis and catharsis are some of the essential features of a perfect tragedy according to Aristotle. King Oedipus from the Greek mythology posses all the characteristics of a perfect tragedy. Oedipus undergoes a reversal of fortune as he suffers from happiness to sorrow and misery which is said to be termed as hamartia. This draws him to the state of anagnorisis which is the result of peripeteia. Catharsis is the state which further comes in the life of the protagonist with the discovery which leads to great pain and sufferings to both the hero and the audience. Oedipus discovers that the man he had killed was his own biological father and the woman he had married was his own biological mother. This knowledge about the reality left him in great distress and loneliness. This created a feeling of pity and fear in the minds of audience as according to Aristotle, a tragedy is successful when it can arouse the feeling of pity and fear in the minds of the viewers. Aristotle speaks of the language, diction and thought to be as simple that it may reach the maximum audience. For him the plot creation is of utmost importance. Any episode or event in the story should have a proper connection with the main plot. Oedipus not just passes the test of a perfect tragedy but also has created a place in the minds of the audiences till date leaving the same impact as it would have done on his first day.

Aristotle in his famous book “Poetics” lays down the characteristics essential for a tragedy to be a perfect one. For Aristotle, any tragedy is a perfect tragedy when the action has seriousness, magnitude and is complete in itself. Peripeteia, anagnorisis and catharsis are some of the essential features of a perfect tragedy according to Aristotle.

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

fearlessness is your answer