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Plot,Character and Thought: Master Harold and the Boys

Aristotles Poetics have been used as a guide for understanding theater for many years, they have survived the test of time and change. Aristotle argued in his Poetics that a play wasn’t just a lie which was what his teacher Plato had oversimplified. A play was not just a lie, it was an imitation of life which we as humans get pleasure from.
This Vicarious Experince as stated from John Dolman Jr. gives us a satisfaction because we see someone else experiencing something we are curious about. Aristotle used his analytical skills to identify six elements of a play of which 3 will be discussed here and applied to the play Master Harold and the Boys. These elements enhance many aspects of the play, from its structure to its aesthetics.

The plot of the play is the soul of the play it is not to be confused with the story line which is chronological, plot is the rearrangements of these events for maximum effect. Aristotle......

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