The Hateful Protagonist
Is it possible to enjoy a movie that has a jerk for a protagonist? After watching P. L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks I would say the answer is “no”. Then I […]
Aristotle
Aristotle among the Superheroes, Part II
Please refer to my last post for the beginning of this conversation. As I’ve considered the next section of Aristotle’s Poetics I find that the same movies continue to work. […]
Aristotle among the Superheroes
From Aristotle‘s Poetics: A perfect tragedy should, as we have seen, be arranged not on the simple but on the complex plan. It should, moreover, imitate actions which excite pity […]