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discusses Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida” in terms of
mimetic theory. It should be understood that 'mimetic' means to
imitate. But in terms of artistic expression . . . to imitate
what? Ultimately, it is the notion of imitation within the
context of an artistic reproduction, such as poetry, painting,
literature, and/or drama. The mimetic theory is applicable during
a study of Troilus and Cressida since the play presents a
situation in which the tension between the ideal and the actual
state of facts, between what could have been and what became
truth, is turned on its proverbial end to what amounts to an
ironic comedy or a comedic irony, regardless of its painful
measure of bitterness. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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