A tragedy, according to Aristotle, should involve a:

A. virtuous and just person who is destroyed by an error in judgment.

B. not particularly virtuous person who is destroyed by vice and depravity.

C. virtuous person destroyed by simple bad luck.
D. not particularly virtuous person destroyed by an error in judgment.

E. virtuous person destroyed by vice and depravity.


Answer: D

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