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... Tragedy . It is a sequence of brilliantly executed scenes in which each component element is pushed to an extreme . Amintor has sometimes been compared with Hamlet , and though their resemblance is superficial , the comparison is ...
... Tragedy . It is a sequence of brilliantly executed scenes in which each component element is pushed to an extreme . Amintor has sometimes been compared with Hamlet , and though their resemblance is superficial , the comparison is ...
Page 118
... tragedy should arouse pity and terror by its depiction of the suffering of princes and nobles . The plot of tragedy need not neces- sarily end in disaster , for even Aristotle had recognized a variety of tragedy which ends happily ( a ...
... tragedy should arouse pity and terror by its depiction of the suffering of princes and nobles . The plot of tragedy need not neces- sarily end in disaster , for even Aristotle had recognized a variety of tragedy which ends happily ( a ...
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... tragedy of prosperous ending , such as The False One , is almost as satisfactory a vehicle as the more familiar sort of tragedy . The situations seem calculated to evoke awe and admiration rather than pity and terror . In practice the ...
... tragedy of prosperous ending , such as The False One , is almost as satisfactory a vehicle as the more familiar sort of tragedy . The situations seem calculated to evoke awe and admiration rather than pity and terror . In practice the ...
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