Thursday, March 22, 2012
Blog 1 - Poetics By Aristotle Part XII
Aristotle give a very good analyzes on how a tragedy should be treated. In part XII of Aristotle's Poetics, he give an in depth look at how tragedy and broke apart. He explains how they come in "quantitative parts" such as the Prologue, Episode, Choric song, etc. This is something that has been common to many plays at that time. He becomes in depth with each meaning of these part. These parts are shown in both Antigone and Medea and other plays. Some example of this are, In both Antigone and Medea, they both show signs that they have a Prologue which is always in the beginning of any story. These stories all have a common order and formats to these plays. and that is the main point Aristotle has made in this part.
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