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... talk for the sake of talk . INCIDENT AND 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 ...
... talk for the sake of talk . INCIDENT AND 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 ...
Page 138
... talk of only two people . The Four - Poster was a piece for the theater containing only two characters . But this was not a play at all . It made no pretence to having a plot ; it was merely a panorama of the married life of two people ...
... talk of only two people . The Four - Poster was a piece for the theater containing only two characters . But this was not a play at all . It made no pretence to having a plot ; it was merely a panorama of the married life of two people ...
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... talk of Capulet and his guests ; the talk between Romeo and Juliet - all interspersed throughout the act . ) In this act Paris asks Capulet for Juliet's hand and is encouraged in his suit . Lady Capulet urges Juliet to marry Paris ...
... talk of Capulet and his guests ; the talk between Romeo and Juliet - all interspersed throughout the act . ) In this act Paris asks Capulet for Juliet's hand and is encouraged in his suit . Lady Capulet urges Juliet to marry Paris ...
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Sources for Ideas for Plays | 17 |
Plot 1 | 35 |
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