I think that both fear and pity are necessary because I feel that both of these emotions combined are what make humans stand out from other animals. The term that comes to mind when thinking of movies that only invoke a certain type of emotion is the movies genre. For movies that invoke only fear the genre is horror and for movies the invoke only pity the genre is drama. I think that Aristotle required both emotions to form a tragedy because he wanted the audience to truly connect with the characters to feel for them. In life it is rare to only experience one emotion at a time so by including both of these emotions a tragedy is more lifelike and connectable. I think that it is important for the audience to experience catharsis because it allows
