Development of Thetrical Text From Classical Period

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…designated length of time, focused on one spectacle, expects the internal dynamics of the play to conform to its own situation. Boileau insists on grandeur of character for the hero and clear treatment of the tragic flaw that occasions his downfall. The tragedian must depict the nuances that render his characters powerful individuals, at once believable and real, not merely copies modeled on some notion of himself or an empty formula of heroism.