1. Topic – Plot is the soul of Tragedy
 Paper – 3 ( Literary theory and Criticism)
 Roll no – 34
 Semester -1
 Submitted to- Dr. Dilip Barad
( Department of English
M.K University Bhavnagar )
• Presented by – Shital D Italia

2. Plot – the
soul of
Tragedy

3. What is Plot?

4. Formative elements of Tragedy
 Plot
- Mythos
 Character - Ethos
 Thought - Dianoia
 Diction
 Song
 Spectacle -
Laxis
Melos
Opsis

5. Plot : The soul of Tragedy
“ Tragedy is an imitation of man but
of an action and of life consist in
action in Action”.

6. Cause and effect chain

7. Types of Plot
 Simple Plot
 Complex Plot
Three Unities
 Unity of Time
 Unity of Place
 Unity of Action

8. Comparison with Character
 Aristotle says that
“ without action
there cannot
be a tragedy
there may be
without
character”.