Poetics (Oxford World’s Classics) by Aristotle

Poetics (Oxford World’s Classics) by Aristotle

Author:Aristotle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-06-14T16:00:00+00:00


Second best is the kind of plot which some people like most: a double plot like the Odyssey, with a different ending for the better and worse characters. It is regarded as best only because of the weaknesses of the audience; the poets follow the lead of their public and pander to its taste. But this is not the pleasure proper to tragedy, but is more characteristic of comedy. In comedy even those who are bitter enemies in the story, like Orestes and Aegisthus,* make friends and go off together at the end, and nobody gets killed by anybody.

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