To the author, Rebecca s tragedy is decided by her special psychological contradictions, between the new and the old idea s fierce fight, she can t free herself from the old idea s rule, at last obey the traditional morals pressure.

Aristotle s literary theories of tragedy play a significant role in the development of literature.

If we pay close attention to the history of the western tragic theory,we may find that Aristotles tragic theory emphasizes that the construction of a story plot is tragedys soul.