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Page 51
... character's feelings or putting his own feelings into the character - he actually seems to do both things — and we thus lose the sense of the character's objective reality . Homer's Ajax is real : he stands on his own feet and speaks ...
... character's feelings or putting his own feelings into the character - he actually seems to do both things — and we thus lose the sense of the character's objective reality . Homer's Ajax is real : he stands on his own feet and speaks ...
Page 58
... character- izations are the speech , the quoted words of his character , and the simple narrative of action : we are seldom told — beyond the simplest indication of rage , pain , & c . - how a character feels and never told how to ...
... character- izations are the speech , the quoted words of his character , and the simple narrative of action : we are seldom told — beyond the simplest indication of rage , pain , & c . - how a character feels and never told how to ...
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... character of Virgil's narrative style . As compared with that of either Homer or Apollonius , it is subjective or more accurately , empathetic- sympathetic . Virgil not only reads the minds of his characters ; he constantly communicates ...
... character of Virgil's narrative style . As compared with that of either Homer or Apollonius , it is subjective or more accurately , empathetic- sympathetic . Virgil not only reads the minds of his characters ; he constantly communicates ...
Contents
The Mystery of the Aeneid I | 1 |
From Homer to Virgil The Obsolescence of Epic | 5 |
The Subjective Style | 41 |
Copyright | |
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