Tragedy has everything that the Epic has, together with a not inconsiderable addition in the shape of the Music (a very real factor in the pleasure of the drama) and the Spectacle.Tragedy is superior in these respects, and also besides these, in its poetic effect, it is clear that, as attaining the poetic effect better than the Epic, it will be the higher form of art.Aristotle concludes Poetics by attempting to determine which is the highest for of art: Tragedy or Epic (in modern parlance, a Movie or a Novel). He concludes that a Tragedy play is the highest potential form of art, because in addition to the story, it also includes music and visual elements. He does mention that these can be done badly, and so a good Epic is superior to a badly acted play, but if all the elements come together correctly, the play is the most powerful.
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