They did not think the audience would believe that days‚ weeks‚ months‚ or even years had passed. Second‚ all their action happened in the same place. They did not move around from place to place. Neoclassicists also came up with the idea of Deus Ex Machina‚ where a character we have yet to see in the play‚ comes in at the end to bring all the events to a conclusion. Neoclassicists would‚ not consider Shakespeare’s Othello‚ realistic. A person typically would not go to the extent that Iago
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military commander‚ and philosopher Demosthenes (Author) First Philippic‚ makes a speech warning people about Phillip II of Macedon Euclid (Author) Geometry‚ the elements of Geometry Euripides (Author) wrote Medea native Athenian‚ criticized by comic writers‚ often uses deus ex machina‚ tragedy includes everyday emotions Isocrates (Author) wrote Panegyricus (speech written for the festival of the Olympic games‚ Panhellenic expedition against Persia Plutarch (Author) Historian and biographer;
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“Every good story needs a good ending. Don’t write the beginning of a novel without knowing the end of it.” When A.D.Y. Howle wrote this short piece of advice‚ he was putting one of the most important components of writing into words. The ending is the key to any and every good story‚ and without one‚ the literary work ceases to be effective. The ending must be logical and fit in with the story. The conclusion must also provide a sense of closure with the reader; however‚ effective endings will often
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Tuanku)‚ penukaran serentak (yang kejam bertaubat)‚ mempesona atau mengunggulkan seting‚ kewujudan ghaib (ahli sihir‚ pari-pari‚ Gods and Goddesses). Pengakhiran yang gembira boleh menyebabkan melalui campur tangan ghaib atau indah (setanding kepada deus machina bekas di komedi klasik ‚ di mana satu Tuhan kelihatan seperti menyelesaikan konflik) atau boleh hanya melibatkan pusingan-pusingan mustahil acara. Di terbaik komedi matang ‚ terdapat sering satu aspek falsafah melibatkan isu-isu lebih berpengaruh
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entail a technique known as Deus ex Machina. This would involve a god coming in at the end of the play and settling all of the issues. To act this out they would have the actor come down from a crane like machine. Other playwrights chose to end the play with characters settling all of issues but leaving room for interpretation. Both of these styles have been used in the plays we have read in the second half of this class. In Philoctetes Sophocles chooses to use Deus ex Machina to end it while he chose
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Society is no more different than it was back then. The unknown past‚ the horrid future‚ and the unappreciated present flock everyone; consequently‚ making them the primary impetus for any decision taken. People that do not know their past leads to an irrational decision made throughout their life. Then‚ fear of the future comes forthwith the dust that settles from the ignorance of the past‚ because of the unknown consequences of the present-day’s actions. The future is only as horrid‚ as long
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short stories of O. Henry (a pen name for William Sidney Porter)‚ which typically involve such a conclusion. Note that an O. Henry ending is usually a positive term of praise for the author’s cleverness. This is the opposite sentiment from a deus ex machina ending‚ in which the unexpected or unprepared-for ending strikes the audience as artificial‚ arbitrary‚ or unartful. A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel‚ film‚ television series‚ comic‚ video game
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the reality. Certainly it is strongly linked to the human action‚ indeed it is “a blank‚ black void until an artificial context is introduced” . Before that‚ it was essentially naught‚ even placeless and indefinable. I consider humans as a “deus ex machina” in building cyberspace and now‚ this new reality can survive independently from the human knowledge or the use of it‚ rather it seems that we are not longer able to act outside of the
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ROTTEN BEEF AND STINKING FISH: RIZAL AND THE WRITING OF PHILIPPINES HISTORY Ambeth R. Ocampo 3 Stages on Writing Philippine History Colonizers’ History Elites’ History People’s History History Three concepts 1) history-as-activity -past human activities and events 2) history-as-record -records of such past human events 3) history-as-historiography -process or technique of making or writing such records History Estoria – Greek Historia – Latin Historie – French History
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Religious Symbolism in "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" This paper will present a rhetorical context for the use of violence in the short story‚ "A Good Man Is Hard to Find‚" as she presented in her essay "The Element of Suspense." The form of classical tragedy in this story will also be analyzed from the critical theories of Aristotle and Longinus. Tolstoy will be used to examine the use Christian symbolism. Nietzsche will provide a more well-rounded universal conclusion to the uses of tragedy and
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