Poetic Justice: A Look at King and Anthony Every society determines what laws are necessary to preserve the natural‚ moral‚ and ethical rights of its constituents. Laws are social structures put in place to maintain order and balance. Often‚ however‚ there has been a discrepancy between the justice served and the justice deserved as the law has been manipulated by a powerful group to exploit a weaker group. For example‚ during the mid 19th Century there was a steady increase in efforts for women’s
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ticsTHE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE A TRANSLATION BY S. H. BUTCHER A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication THE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE trans. S. H. Butcher is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file‚ for any purpose‚ and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis‚ Faculty Editor‚ nor anyone associated
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Aristotle’s Poetics is not one of his major works‚ although it has exercised a great deal of influence upon subsequent literary studies and criticism. In this work Aristotle outlines and discusses many basic elements that an author should adhere to in order to write a great tragedies and/or poetry. Two important topics that Aristotle addresses and believes to be crucial to the art work is the mimesis‚ or imitation of life‚ and that the audience has an emotional response from the work of art‚ or
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Allegory: - A narrative in which the agents and actions and sometimes the setting‚ are conveyed by the author to make sense of the “literal”‚ primary level of significance as well as a secondary level of significance. 1) Historical and political allegory: in which characters and actions represent historical personages and events. 2) The allegory of ideas: Literal characters represents concepts and the plot allegorizes an abstract doctrine. Personification of abstract entities such as virtues‚
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MÜLLER Cognitive Poetics Meets Hermeneutics Some considerations about the German reception of Cognitive poetics Theoretical discussions and applications of cognitive approaches such as Biopoetics and Cognitive poetics are remarkably growing in number among German scholars. This indicates that the cognitive turn has definitely reached a broader audience in the traditional “Literaturwissenschaften”.1 This article is meant to investigate the reception of Cognitive poetics in the context of German
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Poetics by Aristotle Aristotle’s Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory 6 Constituent Parts * plot (mythos) Refers to the "structure of incidents" (actions). Key elements of the plot are reversals‚ recognitions‚ and suffering. The best plot should be "complex" (i.e. involve a change of fortune). It should imitate actions arousing fear and pity. Thus it should proceed from good fortune to bad
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Poetic Devices 1. Alliteration- The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Ex: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. 2. Assonance- The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds. Ex: The blue moon rose too soon. 3. Enjambment- The continuation of a sentence from one line to the next line. When you are reading poetry‚ do not stop at the end of a line. Read through until you hit punctuation that tells you to stop. Ex: “The setting sun/ slithers into
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main topic of retributive justice. In Macbeth‚ there are many murders committed and in a Shakespearean play with murders there is‚ without a doubt‚ going to be some examples of revenge. Retributive justice plays no role in the murders of Duncan or Macduff’s family but it plays a significant role in the murder of Macbeth. Duncan was the King of Scotland and he was a righteous leader who was loved by many. He had many loyal companions. At the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth and Banquo met three witches
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Throughout centuries‚ Aristotle’s Poetics has been a widely used criterion for writers‚ filmmakers‚ and play writers. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is among the classic films‚ that successfully applies Aristotle’s six definitions; plot‚ character‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle‚ and song. “Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete‚ whole‚ and of a certain magnitude… A whole is that which has a beginning‚ middle‚ and an end.” Aristotle further adds that the plot must follow a change of
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an integral factor of literature; sometimes‚ certain political events inspire poets and authors to cleverly voice their opinions regarding the event in ways that require much ambiguity and analysis to completely understand the author’s intentions. Poetic protest is best shown with careful choice of word‚ punctuation‚ and capitalization. The first example of political protest in poetry can be seen in “Buffalo Bills” by E. E. Cummings. Cummings dislikes the fame that Buffalo Bill received from his pointless
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