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Page 153
... persons of the play are drawn from the standpoint of cari- cature rather than character . Whatever your goodwill you ... person of intelligence or decency . There is a certain artistic completeness in his collection of rogues and fools ...
... persons of the play are drawn from the standpoint of cari- cature rather than character . Whatever your goodwill you ... person of intelligence or decency . There is a certain artistic completeness in his collection of rogues and fools ...
Page 167
... persons in a morality play . They give you the impression that they are complicated because they do things that you do not understand , but a closer acquaintance shows you that in fact they are excessively simple and they always act ...
... persons in a morality play . They give you the impression that they are complicated because they do things that you do not understand , but a closer acquaintance shows you that in fact they are excessively simple and they always act ...
Page 322
... persons of a story do not act from motives that we accept as sufficient . We expect their behaviour to be rational , and if it isn't we say : " But people don't act like that . " Our demand for probability grows more and more stringent ...
... persons of a story do not act from motives that we accept as sufficient . We expect their behaviour to be rational , and if it isn't we say : " But people don't act like that . " Our demand for probability grows more and more stringent ...
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