The place of dialogue in mimes    Answer With the development of the philosophical dialogue, the impact of the quasi theatrical art form called memos was quite significant. Memos or mime was one of the earliest modes of perf…

Aristotle's idea of pleasure proper to tragedy & How does it takes place?     Ans . Poetry has three phases where pleasure is talked about. In the first place, Aristotle says that tragedy cannot afford every kind of p…

Aristotle's observations on ' Tragedy ' Ans. Aristotle gives a very high place to tragedy. His definition of tragedy is “a priori assertion of what tragedy ought to be, it is a summary statement of what Aristotle …

Aristotle's view on the importance of plot in tragedy. Ans . Aristotle defines tragedy as : " Tragedy , then , is the imitation of an action that is serious , complete , and of a certain magnitude , in language embelli…

Shute  For Hindus the world sruti (‘that which is heard ' ) is used to refer to their most sacred works. The emphasis here is on spoken language, as opposed to written language in the Western tradition. This comes directly o…

Greek gesture and Dance We know that the use of gestures for orators was prescribed by the Greek rhetoricians for arousing emotions and effective communications. Quintilian has given an account of how the head, face, arms, and …

Kinds of Style Aristotle's observations on style are contained in Poetics and Rhetoric. The object of writing is to communicate the writer's meaning. So, it should be clear and intelligible. “The perfections of style …