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... action and of life , and life consists in action , and its end is a mode of action , not a quality . Now character determines men's qualities , but it is by their actions that they are happy or the reverse . Dramatic action , therefore ...
... action and of life , and life consists in action , and its end is a mode of action , not a quality . Now character determines men's qualities , but it is by their actions that they are happy or the reverse . Dramatic action , therefore ...
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... action , but of events inspiring fear or pity . Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by ... action which is one and continuous in the sense above defined , I call Simple , when the change of fortune takes place ...
... action , but of events inspiring fear or pity . Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by ... action which is one and continuous in the sense above defined , I call Simple , when the change of fortune takes place ...
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... action of theirs . This condemns all Shakespeare's historical plays , which are rather chronicles represented than tragedies , and all double action of plays . As to avoid a satire upon others , I will make bold with my own Marriage a ...
... action of theirs . This condemns all Shakespeare's historical plays , which are rather chronicles represented than tragedies , and all double action of plays . As to avoid a satire upon others , I will make bold with my own Marriage a ...
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