According to Aristotle, "Tragedy, then, is an imitation of a noble and complete action, having the proper magnitude; it employs language that has been artistically enhanced . . . ; it is presented in dramatic, not narrative form, and achieves, through the representation of pitiable and fearful incidents, the catharsis of such incidents" (Golden 11). According to this definition, one can evaluate the extent of how tragic a story is in Aristotle's opinion. By using the definition, we can decide which story, Romeo and Juliet, Things Fall Apart, or Love Suicides, contains the most points for an Aristotelian tragedy. Although these three stories contain certain aspects from Aristotle's definition of tragedy, Romeo and Juliet most closely epitomizes the definition, portraying nobility or birth and action, the three unities, and stylized language, while Love Suicides and Things Fall Apart contain only some points.
             By looking at the nobility of a character in both birth and action, Romeo and Juliet proves to have the noblest characters out of the stories. Romeo and Juliet incorporates the ideas about nobility of birth and action by showing the struggle of two lovers born in different, quarreling noble families. Romeo and Juliet, both born of noble parentage, come from highly respected families. Pushed by their families' "ancient grudge," Romeo and Juliet commit suicide and die together. This act demonstrates nobility of action because Romeo and Juliet, forced apart by inconvenient occurrences, find that the only solution to finally be at peace and together is to kill themselves. With their death comes peace between the two households, which makes what they did noble, since they died for what they believed to be right and they helped their families forgive each other. Romeo and Juliet demonstrates both nobility of action and birth. Although not born into a noble family, the characters in Things Fall Apart ...