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Thinking Activity on Dryden's Essay on Dramatic poesy

1) Do you any difference between Aristotle's definition of Tragedy and Dryden's definition of Play?

 Answer : According to Dryden Drama is:
     
  " Just and lively image of Human Nature representing its passions and Humors,and the changes of fortune to which it is subject, for delight and instruction of mankind"


Here we can see that to define Drama Dryden uses the words like "Just" and "Lively"; he seems to imply that literature imitates Human actions. The imitation is not only "Just"; but it is also "Lively"
image of Human Nature.

Aristotle's definition of Tragedy:

"Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornaments, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of  narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions."
 
 According to this definition Tragedy is also something about imitation but it is not about lively or realistic imitation but it is about imitation of an action with certain magnitude and embelished with artistic ornaments,Tragedy is the imitation of  an action with purgation of pity and fear.May be though there is no reality or livelyness, for Catharsis one would want or like to watch or read Tragedy .While Subject of Drama is for delight and instruction of mankind.

2) If you are supposed to give your personal prediction,would you be on the side of ancient or modern?

I would prefer modern because ancient is something happened or experienced and though modern is like an experiment or never experienced by anyone there is hope for something new or different.

3) Do you think that the arguments presented in favour of the french plays and against English plays are appropriate?

Answer: Yes,because they favour the unity of time,place and action and observes it carefully. In most of their plays the entire action is limited to one place, their plays are never overloaded with subplots like english plays.

 4) What would be your preference so far as poetic or prosaic dialogues are concerned in the play?

Answer : From poetic or Prosaic I couldn't be able to find one's importance more than another Though Prosaic dilogues are easy to understand for comman man, poetic dialogue has it's own value 
























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