In which they would always focus on tragic plots that contain similar content of war, murder, hunger and destruction.

An ancient Greek would be hard pressed to develop a more tragic plot.

With rare exceptions, subsequent tragedians abandoned real-life events as the bases for tragic plots, turning instead to their culture's rich store of myths.

The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts.

There were also aesthetic reasons: Renaissance aesthetic theory took seriously the dictum that tragic plots should be grounded in history.

Fielding reverses the tragic plot by focusing on a character who is small in both size and status.

The tragic plot is varied with some elements of comic relief, from two sources.

His tragic plots tend to the sentimental.

The basis of tragic plots were most often myths treated in the oral traditions of archaic epics.

His humour provides an effective counterpoint to the pathos of the tragic plot.