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Iphigenia In Aulis

Aristotle created the foundation for many literary works. He is known as the most influential Greek philosopher who wrote Poetics and Rhetorics, two concepts that are thought to be very significant in literary theory. He believed that a plot with reversal of situation, recognition, and transformation, is the greatest way to write a story or play. He defined plot as the arrangement of incidents and, according to him, tragedies where the outcome depends on a tightly constructed cause-and-effect chain of actions were superior to those that depended on the character and personality of the protagonist. The plot would have to be interconnected with a story or play as a whole with a beginning, middle, and an end. It could be simple or complex, however having one with both reversal of intention, recognition, and transformation would be the best kind of resolution. A plot with a reversal of intention occurs when a character produces an effect opposite to that which he intended to......


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