Aristotle

Comedy=BAD Tragedy=GOOD

From what I can gather, Aristotle thinks Comedy is for the simple man, and tragedy is for the intelligent person. Tragedy is imitation of action, it is logical and real. Comedy ludicrous and does not paint a realistic picture.

Aristotle finds that poetry and tragedy are very similar. They are both good and paint realistic pictures. They both are for the “higher” man and are more intelligent.

Aristotle believes that art in general is good. Tragedy is logical, and poetry portrays the world more universally than history does. Poetry delves into the human condition and psychology, whereas history portrays the accounts and facts of what happened.

I think Aristotle sees art in a way more aligned to my own thinking. He sees art as necessary and human, contradictory to Plato’s ideas that art is bad, full stop.