Thomas Rymer coined the term 'poetic justice' to imply the following: A. the distribution of earthly…
Thomas Rymer coined 'poetic justice' in The Tragedies of the Last Age (1678) for the ideal that a work should distribute rewards and punishments in proportion to the virtue…
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Thomas Rymer coined the term 'poetic justice' to imply the following:
A. the distribution of earthly rewards and punishments in proportion to the virtue or vice of the various
characters
B. literary' work governed by decorum and morality
C. literary work guided by random ways things often work out in the actual world
D. the metaphysical nature of poetic experience
E. the justification of poetry to be an integral part of the Ideal republic
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
Thomas Rymer coined 'poetic justice' in The Tragedies of the Last Age (1678) for the ideal that a work should distribute rewards and punishments in proportion to the virtue or vice of its characters, in keeping with decorum and morality. So A and B apply. Leaving outcomes to the random way things happen in real life is the opposite of poetic justice, and defending poetry's place in an ideal republic is a separate debate going back to Plato.
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