Aristotle's Concept of Tragedy Applied on Pakistani Drama Serial Dhuwan

6. “A Tragedy is the imitation of an
action that is serious, having
certain magnitude, complete in
itself, language embellishment with
each kind of artistic ornaments, in a

8. •ASP Azhar

9. •Naveed a.k.a NIDO

10. •Wajid

11. •Hameed

12. •Dawood

13. •Sara

14. •Uzma
•Sallam
•Mazhar
•Lala

15. •Maskar •Salman
•Rija •Bashir •Ajmal

17. •Expositio
n:

18. •Rising
Action:

19. •Climax:

20. •Climax:

21. •Climax:

22. •Climax:

23. •Falling Action:

24. •Denouement:

25. •Parode:
•Song of Nazia Hassain on start of the drama set as alaram
by ASP Azhar
•Song b servant (Bashir) Chimta Taan Wajda
•Exode/ Chorus:
•Kisse Da Yar Na Vichree By Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahab
•Ay Puttar Hattan Tay Nahi Vikday By Madam Noor Jahan

26. •Plot
•Completeness
•Proper beginning
•Intermingled beginning and middle
•Middle is puzzled and vague, lot of new characters
introduced and new stories included
•End is beautifully crafted, everything is settled and winded

27. •Plot
•Unity
•Unity of Time: No unity of time, starts on 28-01-91 and ends after 5+
years
•Unity of Action: To some extent it was lacking, there were some
stories of different characters which were not contributing and not
connected to main plot. For example story of Dacoit Maskaar and his
suffering family, story of Sallam
•Unity of Place: No Unity of place, audience forgets sometimes where

28. •Plot
•Determinate Structure
•Proper exposition
•Vague rising action
•No thin line for climax
•Beautiful falling action and denouement

29. •Plot
•Universality
•Class Activity
•What is in favour/ against Universality in These videos?

30. •Plot
•Universality
•Against:
•Attitude of Dawood’s mother
•Usually police officers do not take drugs that much seriously
•A Sensible Police Officer will never use his friends as undercover
gorillas to fight dangerous criminals
•Girls especially in Balochistan are neither allowed nor prefer to
hang out with a group of bachelor friends in their house
•Newspapers do not publish fake news as easily as depicted in

31. •Plot
•Universality
•In Favour of:
•Drug mafia, corruption and external influences in Police Department
•Enthusiasm of newly appointed Police officer
•Love and emotional attachment between friends
•Initiative by patriotic and upright government officials and members
of civil society against criminals in their personal capacity
•Revenge of Love

32. •Characters
Strong and type characters
•Thought
•Every character has specific type of though
•Thought determines the actions of chracter at many occasions
•Diction
•No refined language but sweet accent of characters have made it beautiful
•Song
•Songs of Bashir (Domestic servant), song of ASP Azhar and Sara, songs
played on tape by ASP Azhar and Sara, background song by Nusrat Fateh Ali
Khan Sahab and Begum Noor Jahan Sahiba
•Spectacle
•Set arrangements are realistic especially of Police Station

33. •Goodness:
•outspoken, impatient, “extreme” dedication to his work, imprudent and
extravert but still there is no moral flaw in the hero
•Help others, patriotic, civic responsibility, work against drug mafia to save
the coming generations (in his own words)
•Likeness:
•Attracted towards Sara, start to love her and eventually proposes her
•Reaction on Dawood’s death and emotions in front of Dawood’s mother
•Hangout, joke and chill out with his friends
•Reaction on death of a constable
•People usullay do not involve their friends in their professional matters and
dangerous tasks

34. •Consistency:
•Hero is Honest, upright, dutiful (even sacrifice his personal life for
official tasks), responsible, patriotic, lively, sensible, dedicated, out
spoken, Visionary and patriotic
•Appropriateness:
•ASP Azhar eats, drinks, thinks, feels, lives and behave like a
typical police officer

35. •Anagnorisis:
•There is no one specific event in the life of hero to be labeled as
“Anagnorisis
•Peripety:
•When a government official in Islamabad authorize him to fight against
drug mafia and other criminals undercover/ unofficially with the help of
his friends
•Hamartia:
•He decides to use his friend as undercover agents/ gorillas to fight

36. •Final Phase of Tragedy:
•From Happiness to Misery
•ASP Azhar was happy on taking money from Salman and
eventually trapping him.
•ASP Azhar and his friends killed by Salman