Note 35 — Chapter VI · THE POETIC OF ARISTOTLE[1]

Both Butcher and Bywater so interpret; but Butcher’s rendering “tragic incident” seems hardly to meet the context. Bywater’s rendering “suffering” seems preferable if we may venture to interpret it as meaning, more generally than Bywater suggests, the working out of the plot to its full emotional expression. So taken, it corresponds to the climax of pity and fear, as “reversal” and “recognition” correspond to the preceding complication.