Now concerning the structure of the incidents and the proper character of the plots enough has been said.

Concerning character there are four points to aim at. The first and most important is that the character should be good.

The play will show character if, as we said above,See Aristot. Poet. 6.24. either the dialogue or the actions reveal some choice; and the character will be good, if the choice is good.

But this is relative to each class of people. Even a woman is good and so is a slave, although it may be said that a woman is an inferior thing and a slave beneath consideration.

The second point is that the characters should be appropriate. A character may be manly, but it is not appropriate for a woman to be manly or clever.