Aristotles Criteria and Apology by Socrates
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Moreover, Aristotle divides literary pieces into two categories, where he views tragedy and epic as refined forms, while declares comedy and satire as mean forms of literature (11-12).... tragedy and epic, according to him, are the serious, complete and adequate imitation of reality existing in society, and present the true picture of the social traits and characteristics in a serious tone and refined manner.... There are two types of plots according to Aristotle, which include simple and complex; simple plots lack peripetcia or discovery (of truth or reality), while the complex ones maintain the same....