Aristotle's Poetics
PART A: What does the word “spectacle” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 2?
PART A: What does the word “spectacle” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 2?
On tragedy
PART A: What does the word “spectacle” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 2?
On tragedy
It follows plainly, in the first place, that the change of fortune presented must not be the spectacle of a virtuous man brought from prosperity to adversity: for this moves neither pity nor fear; it merely shocks us.
Tragic hardship or misfortune
On Tragedy