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On Precious and why stories need to be told

Lee Daniels’ critically lauded film Precious is, in an Aristotelian framework, a comedy. It is about the rise in fortune of a lower class individual who the audience finds sympathetic – and it has a happy ending [had Aristotle's commentary on Comedy survived we'd no doubt have more to work with, but that's about the best we've got]. Of course, [...]
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Plot, the first and most important thing in Tragedy

VII These principles being established, let us now discuss the proper structure of the Plot, since this is the first and most important thing in Tragedy. Now, according to our definition, Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete, and whole, and of a certain magnitude; for there may be a whole that is wanting [...]
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