In the Defense of Poesy Sidney says : “ Now as in geometry the oblique must be known as well as right…
Sidney defends comedy’s exposure of vice: showing moral ugliness provides a foil for virtue. Pastorals, parody and tragedy are not the form discussed in this specific passage.
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In the Defense of Poesy Sidney says : “ Now as in geometry the oblique must be known as well
as right and in arithmetic, the odd as well as the even, so in the actions of our life who seeth
not the filthiness of evil wanteth a great foil to perceive the beauty of virtue”. Which of the
following forms of poesy offers a foil that helps us perceive the beauty of virtue ?
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Correct answer C
Sidney defends comedy’s exposure of vice: showing moral ugliness provides a foil for virtue. Pastorals, parody and tragedy are not the form discussed in this specific passage.
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