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action itself, provided he makes a very good play of it. For, as the dramatic poet does not much mind the time, because he is no chronologist, no more does he, nor the epic poet, mach mind the true story because they are no historians. They take out the story 80 much as gerves their turn and change the rest not expecting that anybody should be so ridiculous as to como to the theatre to be instructed in the truth of history'.
-Francois Hedlin's
“The whole art of the Stage"
"In short, tragedy is not history in dialogue. History is for tragedy nothing but a storehouse of names wherewith wo are used to &ssociate certain characters. If the post finds in history circumstances that are convenient for the adornment or individualising of his subject, well, let him use them. Only this should be counted as little a merit as the contrary is a crime......"
“The dramatic poet is no historian, be does not relate to us what was once believed to have happened, but he really produces it again not on account of mere historical truth, but for a totally different and nobler aim. Historical accuracy is not his aim, but only the means by which he hopes to attain his aim; he wishes to delude us and touch our hearts through the delusion."
-G. E. Lessing's
“Dramaturgy".
ఈయభిప్రాయములు ముఖ్యములు కావున కొంచెము దీర్ఘములైనను పూర్ణముగ నుదాహరించితిని. పఠితలు వ్యాసగత విషయములను ఆలోచించి వారివారి బుద్ధికి సూటియగు పర్యవసానము తేల్చుకొందురుగాక !
