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... effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise ; and the effect is heightened when , at the same time , they follow as cause and effect . The tragic wonder will then be greater than if they happened of themselves or by ...
... effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise ; and the effect is heightened when , at the same time , they follow as cause and effect . The tragic wonder will then be greater than if they happened of themselves or by ...
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... effect that satisfies the moral sense . This effect is produced when the clever rogue , like Sisyphus , is outwitted , or the brave villain defeated . Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word : " it is probable , " he ...
... effect that satisfies the moral sense . This effect is produced when the clever rogue , like Sisyphus , is outwitted , or the brave villain defeated . Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word : " it is probable , " he ...
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... effect is more pleasurable than one which is spread over a long time and so diluted . What , for example , would be the effect of the Oedipus of Sophocles , if it were cast into a form as long as the Iliad ? Once more , the Epic ...
... effect is more pleasurable than one which is spread over a long time and so diluted . What , for example , would be the effect of the Oedipus of Sophocles , if it were cast into a form as long as the Iliad ? Once more , the Epic ...
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