Poetic diction

stability directly relate with comfort level, but it also opens the door to a myriad of opportunities. Hazlitt uses a variety of rhetorical strategies such as imagery, pathos, and diction throughout his piece…

differs with his teacher Plato in his book of Poetic. His Poetic deals with the principles of Poetic art in general and tragedy. He defines Tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude” (Aristotle, 2017). He also constituent parts of tragedy and they are plot, characters, thought, diction, song and spectacle. The first three plot, characters and thought are the object of imitation. The next two, diction and song are the medium of imitation. The last…

Aristotle developed a series of six elements that he thought every production should have. Within his six elements, there are: plot, characters, theme, diction, music, and spectacle. Each element is different in its own way and provides a new way of direction in each production than before the poetics were developed. The first element is plot. Aristotle describes plot as why things happen, not just that they do. In his view, there is a reason for why each action in a movie or play happens and…

By defination,the beginnig is that which does not presuppose anything else to have gone before it. Although Sophocles' play focuses attention only on the last day of Oedipus' long rule over Thebes, we do not feel the need of any information about what has gone before, when we read the prologue of the play. In fact earlier events are related by Jocasta and Oedipus in the liter part of the play. The middle is that which is necessary and logical sequence of the beginning. The first episode of…

the elements of a Greek tragedy. In High Noon, we see a very close relationship between what Aristotle described as the essential elements to a tragedy and what we see unfold throughout the movie. We see all of the six elements; plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song, shown in some form throughout the movie, although, Aristotle says that plot and character are primary, so those will be the two elements of focus. In exploring plot and character, the similarities become striking…

In Antony and Cleopatra, displayed was a powerful love between two people at the climax of their trials and tribulations. Plutarch ‘Life of Antonius’ is the primary source, and Shakespeare has combined this factual evidence together along with fiction and drama to formulate a play that is different in terms of proposition, structure and notability. In the first century AD, less than one hundred years after Antony’s death ; but just in time to hear his grandfather’s personal experiences…

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning “action”, which is derived from ‘to do’. The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on stage before and audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception. Tragedy like Julius Caesar (1599) by…

It is argued by Aristotle in Poetics that a good tragedy is one with the correct plot, use of diction, character, spectacles, songs, and thoughts. Aristotle created the philosophy that a good and correct tragedy must have specific elements incorporated into these parts. It is by these elements that Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus is one of the best examples of a tragedy writing piece. According to Aristotle, the most important part of a poem is the plot. More specifically, Aristotle provides insight…

figures of what happened during that time while tragedy exaggerates of what may happen in that certain situation. The aim of tragedy is to consummate its catharsis of such feelings like “Fear” and “Pain”. Aristotle mentioned that plot, characters, diction, thought, spectacle, melody are the main elements of tragedy that identifies to the kind of quality that tragedy has. An example of a play that best fits Aristotle’s definition of tragedy is the epic written by…

Tragedy is as prominent today as it was during its origins in ancient Greece. It is a dramatic and literary archetype that instills a dreary ambience within various works of literature. Through the characterization, it “treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual” (Britannica). Although, tragedy was originally intended for the stage, it has been utilized by numerous literary works. The origins of the term, Tragedy are…