A plot line is the plot of the story, that is, the flow of the story. Now, most books that I have read will tell you that the plot line runs like a graph with peaks at the plot points and builds to a climax at the midpoint. Then the plot line will slow drop ...
Every October 31st, it’s a phrase people are familiar hearing. Some people only hear it on television while others let children come to their doors and hand out candy. Of course, that phrase is “trick or treat!” Sometimes this phrase is included in a small verse that is always said in a sing-song voice and ...
Cemeteries are not something we think about until after a loved one has died and some decisions have to be made. One of the most important decisions is where the body is to be buried. What is a plot? If you have ever walked through a cemetery, you may have noticed that there is some ...
In The Poetics of Aristotle, translated by Preston H. Epps, tragedy is defined as “an imitation, through action rather than narration, of a serious, complete, and ample action, …in which imitation there is also effected through pity and fear its catharsis of these similar emotions.” Aristotle believed there were six elements that comprised a tragedy: ...
Yes, there was a real Macbeth. His full name was Mac Bhetha mac Fhionnlaigh, and he was sometimes called Ri Deircc, “the Red King.” He was a High King of Scotland, apparently, and not the High King. Unlike Shakespeare’s character, the historical Macbeth was not a tyrant, but a good ruler, who enjoyed a long ...
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