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Chapter
The relative importance of plot and character
Introduction;
Aristotle devises six formative elements of tragedy
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Necessity of plot (character & action)

He says tragedy is an imitation of an action, which travels from happiness to misery
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As in drama
characters reveals themselves through their dialogues and action
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Plot and action
works in opposition, as plot is made up of events and action by character while character itself is
dramatic in nature, which in turn again produces action
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Ethos is moral element
while dionoia is the intellectual element
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Character is formed through actions and also revealed by it
In Prometheus, speech is step forward in the action
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Thus, we find
some of Greek plays were not only devoid of intricate plots, but presented an unchanging situation
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Character is realized through action & thus subordinate to plot
A play is like a living organism
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In the plot there are
the reversal of situations & Discoveries (when hero realize or discover some truth as Oedipus) evokes
the tragic feelings
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Aristotle doctrine & disputes
Which is more fundamental, artistic conception or dramatic structure of the play is basic issue
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Thus, audience wants a drama, which in the end will motivate them too
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Trends in modern drama
In modern drama individual character is more important, As in Greek ancient drama character were not
developed to be called as mature one
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g Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Blend in ideal tragedy
Modern dramatist are unable to express vary and obscure nature of human
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g Goethe
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Conclusion;
Tragedy is impossible without a plot and there should be harmony between plot and character

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