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tine for stage-representation is o$jfx or q.tglt--]lggs, it is not true to
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lifc to have a storm arisc, irnd the ship founder, in a part of the sca from
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rvhich no land is visible. Let thc first act bc a passionate lancntation, the
chorus to follorr rvith execrations of sea life; thc second act, a priest u-ith
votive offerings conversing $ith Alcvone and her nurse, altars, firc, pious
sentinents, the chorus folloling u,ith approbation of the vorvs; the third
act, a r)r€sserger announcing thc rising of a stonr, together $ith rumors
as to the ship, the chorus to follorv uith mention of shipurecks, and much
apostrophizing of Ncptulc; thc forrrth act tuurultuous, thc report found
true, ships,recks dcscribed bv sailors and mcrchants, thc chorus benailing
thc cvcnt as thorlgh all u,cre lost; tirc fifth act, Aloone peering anxiouslv
over the se:r and sighting far off a corpsc, follolcd bv the resolution, when
slrc uas al>out to takc hcr oun lifc.'lhis sanrple outliue can bc cxpanded
br, thc introduction of othcr charactcrs.
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Poctrt, is irnitation and its general rnodc is inritation. . . .r
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llre qrrrlificd poil \ dul\ i, t.r irritlt( tlrrouqlr .t,tr ulalien llre 7 r )r", rts.
realit-r, of pcople caught in thc acciderts oi furtri*l.-l ffi- 1""u"
the discovery of thc rcalitl hidden in the accidents of nature to the philosopher
and thc scicntist.
Nou', sincc drama rvas invented, as I sa\', to delight and provide recreation
for thc colrrnon pcoplc, it rrust havc subject mattcr rvhich the comnon
people can understand and rihich lvhen thev undcrstaud it uray make them
happv. This subject mattcr should ircludc srrch things as everyday occur'
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Selections. l ranslatcd by Charlcs Cattnig fro r thc 1576 revised and amended edition.
Copvright 1974 by Charles Cattnig. Printed with permjssior) of the translator.
1\\'hcrcAs carlicr Itrlian critics translated lristotle's tcttlt pipn6Lt as inritd?ione
(e.e., Cinthio and Trissino; cvcn Do atus rses the Latin inlitatiolrcm), C.stclrctro uses
the rvorcl rassomiglian:d exchrsively. I trarslatc the latter as "representation"
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