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... action . The end of this piece of dialogue finds the two characters in a very different relation to each other from that which obtained when the dialogue opened . Before the lines where our quotation begins , Phaedra has been smothering ...
... action . The end of this piece of dialogue finds the two characters in a very different relation to each other from that which obtained when the dialogue opened . Before the lines where our quotation begins , Phaedra has been smothering ...
Page 89
... action . 3. The resulting action . † The condition of the action is the first significant event of the play , the event which holds the root of the cause of the action . For example ( tentative ) , Romeo falls in love with Juliet at ...
... action . 3. The resulting action . † The condition of the action is the first significant event of the play , the event which holds the root of the cause of the action . For example ( tentative ) , Romeo falls in love with Juliet at ...
Page 143
... action , and also the beginning of the cause of the action . Often , then , this is the proportioning of a three - act play : Act I. The condition of the action . Beginning of the cause of the action . Act . II . Continuation of the ...
... action , and also the beginning of the cause of the action . Often , then , this is the proportioning of a three - act play : Act I. The condition of the action . Beginning of the cause of the action . Act . II . Continuation of the ...
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