Tragedy: Aristotle Versus Miller

I believe that Aristotle has the better basis for tragedy simply because it is simplistic yet in depth at the same time. His seven elements embody a tragedy that has a single story flow without other sub-stories to interfere with the main one. All of the Aristotelian tragedies feature the fall of a good, believable and consistent character. That character is usually male and of noble birth. I believe this so be one of the most important features. Even today people flock to anything involving royalty. Whether it be the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the birth of their son, or the new Disney movie Frozen, there has always been something about royalty that has captured people's attention. From Arthur Miller's perspective, tragedy should be available to the common man. I disagree with this because the common people suffer everyday. If we were to be surrounded by plays and books filled with the everyday mans woes, no one would ready them because they have enough troubles of their own. People much rather hear about the newest scandals of the rich and famous because they remind us that even though these people are movie stars or singers, or even royalty, they still have problems and make mistakes just like the common people.