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The character of the tragic personages (15)
The various forms of Discovery (16)
Additional Rules for the Construction of the Play (17)
Additional Rules for the Construction of the Play (18)
The thought of the tragic personages (19)
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What is meant when Aristotle says how a character must be "consistent and the same throughout"?
The character must be written consistently and their behavior should be seen as necessary and probable according to that character. Note that the character does not have to behave consistently but just be written consistently as long as it is in accordance with their internal logic of their personality. (inconsistency stems from internally consistent personality)
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What does Aristotle claim to be the best form of discovery?
Discovery that is naturally part of the logical sequence of events. This form of discovery naturally flows into the plot of the play through a probable incident.
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To be most convincing the poet should act his story with what?
What is "the very gestures of his personages". "He who feels the emotions to be described will be the most convincing; distress and anger, for instance, are portrayed most truthfully by one who is feeling them at the moment." If he is writing about something that creates anger, it would be beneficial for him to be angry as well so that he can write from his own emotions.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY (must answer both correctly) What is meant by Aristotle when he uses the term "Complication"? What is meant by Aristotle when he uses the term "Dénouement"
What is everything from the "beginning of the story to the point at just before the change in the hero's fortunes". What is everything from the "beginning of the change to the end".
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Should a writer of a tragedy be criticized if the speaker of the play he wrote speak wrongly such as saying a prayer where a command was meant?(yes/no)
What is no. The art of Elocution and Poetry are two different things.
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Why must a character be like the reality?
The character has to be what you would already know about him or seen. The character must be consistent to what the audience already knows about the hero. Say a character was from a myth, then he should have qualities of a person from a myth. If told one thing about a character, the audience should see that in the character and not something or someone else.
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What does Aristotle mean by a "composite discovery"?
The discovery arises from bad reasoning by the other side of the party. There is recognition through faulty reasoning on the part of a disguised character. For example, a character may reveal something about him that only he may know.
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Where should the poet place the scenes when he is constructing the plot and diction of a play?
What is "as far away as possible before his eyes". This is designed to help the poet see what fits in the play and the story what should not be included. In shows inconsistencies and shows where ideas are connected.
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What should be considered as an actor as "an integral part of the whole"?
What is the chorus.
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When acting, what should be the intentions of the use of one's language?
What is to arouse emotions(pity, fear, anger), or to maximize or minimize things.
300
True or false; it is appropriate for a male to portray a feminine role.
False Characters must be appropriate in that they act their "gender" role. For example, men know what men feel emotionally so they should not take on the characteristics of a woman. ex. actors, Hercules
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True or false; a discovery may be caused by a memory in a character and also may be portrayed through reasoning.
True A memory comes from a man's consciousness being awakened by something seen. Also, reasoning uses logic and reasonable conclusions to make the discoveries.
300
For episodes to be appropriate to the story line they must be...?
What are accessory incidents to the story line. One episode is directly related to a chain of events in the play or poem. There is no large deviation from what is really trying to be said, it is all connect to the plot in one way or another.
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Name two of the four species of Tragedy. Name all four for a bonus prize!
Complex Tragedy - made of Peripety and Discovery Tragedy of Suffering Tragedy of Character Spectacle The poet should aim to bring out every major part of the tragedy of which he is writing.
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What is the way one should act in a tragedy?
What is without explanation and with accordance with the intentions of the plot.
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In having a good character, what a personage says or does reveals a certain _______.
moral purpose The character must have some purpose in the story that shows the goodness in the being. This character can even be an inferior person such as a slave as long as they serve some moral purpose.
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What two discoveries do Aristotle claim to be the least artistic and why?
1.Discovery by signs or marks because the poets make most use through mere lack of invention. What Aristotle means by this is the poet lacks imagination. ex. necklaces, jewelry, scars etc... 2. Discoveries made directly by the poet because it is simply inartistic. Through this discovery, the poet is unable to fit the discovery into the logical sequence of the plot.
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What is the first step in making a play before there is "the insertion of episodes"?
What is, to reduce the story to its "universal form". This should be done before lengthening the poem with other episodes or ideas. It is important to have to basic idea and the plot outline before attempting to write about anything else. Ex.) "A certain man has been abroad many years; Poseidon is ever on the watch for him, and he is all alone. Matters at home too have come to this, that his substance is being wasted and his son's death plotted by suitors to his wife. Then he arrives there himself after his grievous sufferings; reveals himself; and falls on his enemies; and the end is his salvation and their death." (364) - Basic story outline of the epic The Odyssey, everything else is meant to lengthen out the story into what it is.
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True or False: A poet attempt to dramatize an entire event that has a plurality of stories within the event.
What is False. A poet should always dramatize a part of event independent from another so that everything given its own attention and ideals.
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If an actor makes a speech that causes the audience to start crying because of the way the actor said his lines, Aristotle would argue that the actor had great control of his ________.
What is Diction or Elocution. If an actor can say the lines in a tragedy in a way that sounds like it were in reality, the lines will have more effect.
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Name two of the four main points that make up the character of tragic personages.
1. Characters shall be good 2. To make the characters appropriate 3. To make the characters like reality 4. To make the character constant through out
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What are three of the six forms of Discovery?
1. Discovery by signs or marks 2. Discoveries made directly by the poet 3. Discovery through memory 4. Discovery through reasoning 5. Composite discovery 6. Discovery that is naturally part of the logical sequence of events
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY What did the brother exclaim that saved him from receiving the same fate as his sister?
What is, "...'So I too am doomed to be sacrificed, as my sister was'..." (363).
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Name the area in which all plays that are laid here contain "Spectacle".
What is the nether world.
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If a play does not arouse emotion, Aristotle would argue that the language of the play lacked _______.
What is thought. If a play has no thought, which is found where something is proved to be or not to be, or where a general maxim is enunciated, a crucial part of the play is missing