Tragedy: "an imitation of an action that is serious and has a wholeness in its extent, in language that is pleasing, enacted rather than narrated, culminating, by means of pity and fear, in the cleansing of these passions" Aristotle's tragedies contain a great deal of emotion
Hamartia: a tragic mistake or an error of judgement; a great character's downfall
Catharsis: a strong emotion that can consist of pity or fear- Aristotle uses this word as a metaphor of being washed or cleansed
Deus ex machina: literally means god of the machine- a character, more likely a god, that helps to solve a problem unexpectedly. Aristotle does not like this as he feels the gods should not intervene with the plot
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