One section of this work states its author's view that humans are, by nature, the world's most imitative creatures, citing man's fascination with the most realistic representations of painful objects, such as dead bodies.
One section of this work states its author's view that humans are, by nature, the world's most imitative creatures, citing man's fascination with the most realistic representations of painful objects, such as dead bodies. Signs and marks, as well as poor reasoning on the side of the other party, are discussed as means of recognition, in one section, while another section discusses the meaning of peripety in the context of Theodectes's Lynceus. This work also discusses that the perfect plot has its protagonist goes from happiness to misery only from hamartia, which allows the audience to experience catharsis. Discussing mimesis and separating the namesake form of writing into tragedy, comedy, and epic verse, this is, FTP, which treatise by Aristotle?
One section of this work states its author's view that humans are, by nature, the world's most imitative creatures, citing man's fascination with the most realistic representations of painful objects, such as dead bodies.
{Poetics}