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... plot ; and plot , as we soon shall see , is the most basic of all elements in a good play . Situation , therefore , brings one closer to plot than can either theme or character . We are making , it is to be observed , important ...
... plot ; and plot , as we soon shall see , is the most basic of all elements in a good play . Situation , therefore , brings one closer to plot than can either theme or character . We are making , it is to be observed , important ...
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... PLOT Plot , Aristotle remarked a long time ago , is the soul of drama . Plot , of course , may be described superficially as a se- quence of incidents , but that would be a very inaccurate defini- tion , for a plot , as Aristotle went ...
... PLOT Plot , Aristotle remarked a long time ago , is the soul of drama . Plot , of course , may be described superficially as a se- quence of incidents , but that would be a very inaccurate defini- tion , for a plot , as Aristotle went ...
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... plot of Othello , which is concerned ex- clusively with the love between Othello and Desdemona . The beginning , middle , and end of that plot ( as we shall later see ) must be made up of incidents ... plot . Plot ( 2 ) Plot ( 1 ) 83.
... plot of Othello , which is concerned ex- clusively with the love between Othello and Desdemona . The beginning , middle , and end of that plot ( as we shall later see ) must be made up of incidents ... plot . Plot ( 2 ) Plot ( 1 ) 83.
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