The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

1. Analyze the question The question is about tragedy as a literary genre. It asks which emotion, together with pity, is aroused by the experiences of the tragic character.

2. Explain the concept This comes from Aristotle's Poetics. He defined tragedy as an imitation of a serious action that arouses pity and fear in the audience, leading to catharsis (a purging or emotional release).

• Pity is what we feel for the hero, who suffers more than he deserves.
• Fear (terror) is what we feel because we realise the same misfortune could happen to someone like us.

Aristotle's "fear" is often translated as terror in literary criticism, so the standard pairing is "pity and terror."

3. Step-by-step solution

• A. Sympathy is close in meaning to pity, so it would be repetitive. It is not the second emotion in Aristotle's pair.
• B. Terror is the translation of Aristotle's "fear" and completes the pair "pity and terror."
• C. Horror is a stronger, shock-based reaction and is not part of the classic definition.
• D. Frustration is not an emotion associated with tragic catharsis.

4. Answer The correct option is B. terror.

5. Exam tip Remember the pair "Pity and Fear (Terror)" and the word catharsis. Whenever JAMB asks about the effect of tragedy on the audience, think of Aristotle's Poetics. Examples from your set texts, such as Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart or Macbeth, also fit this pattern: we pity them and fear that a similar downfall could happen to us.