EN 1001 Lecture Notes - Decasyllable, Mercutio, Determinism

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Two types of satire: horace (world looked upon fondly. Comedy (justice, people who misbehaved are punished properly. Forgiveness, redemption, unity of community, rebuilding relationships) opposite: tragedy. Scape goat (person who"s punished for something they haven"t done) this is what tragedy is. No forgiveness, isolation, alienation (symbolized as death but not always). Justice is not done and broken relationships are not mended. Greek tragedy: greeks have a concept of the three unities: time, place, and action. Action could only be 24 hrs, in one place, one single plot so no subplot. Includes fatalism (whatever characters decide on the event is pre-set anyway. The harder you fight against fate, you"re screwed anyway) all has to do with central character (fighting with oneself. Shakespeare: determinism (the likelihood of an outcome) thresholds in play that mark a point of irreversibility (romeo and juliet: murder of. Mercutio [mercury: which was used to cure diseases] who is the balance.

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