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Page 52
... characters , especially those of Satan , Adam and Eve . For the chief function of the characters in a story , as Aristotle knew , is to express the action ; and the action includes , besides the characters , the moral or mean- ing , or ...
... characters , especially those of Satan , Adam and Eve . For the chief function of the characters in a story , as Aristotle knew , is to express the action ; and the action includes , besides the characters , the moral or mean- ing , or ...
Page 205
... characters in any epic ; to fulfil their roles they are neces- sarily larger than life . Aeneas and Dido are representative rather than ordinary individuals in the same way as Adam and Eve ; any difference in this respect is a question ...
... characters in any epic ; to fulfil their roles they are neces- sarily larger than life . Aeneas and Dido are representative rather than ordinary individuals in the same way as Adam and Eve ; any difference in this respect is a question ...
Page 206
... characters should not be developed beyond the needs of the story ; characters are there to act out the story and its meaning , not just to be their idiosyncratic selves . Shake- speare , in the joy of creating such rich personalities as ...
... characters should not be developed beyond the needs of the story ; characters are there to act out the story and its meaning , not just to be their idiosyncratic selves . Shake- speare , in the joy of creating such rich personalities as ...
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accepted action Adam and Eve Adam's angels appear argument become beginning better Book called century character comes common course created creation criticism Death describing doctrine Earth effect English epic evil example expressed fact Fall Father feel figure follows fruit God's hand Heaven Hell heroic human ideas images imagination knowledge language Latin less light lines live look means MICHIGAN Milton mind narrative nature never once opening original Paradise Lost passage peace person picture poem poet poetic poetry presented question reader reason relation represent Satan says scene seen sense sight simile stand story style tells thee things thir thou thought tion told true truth UNIVERSITY verse whole wind write