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Poetic justice is when something bad happens to a person who seems to deserve it, usually because of bad things that person has done. Learn more about this phrase, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.
- Poetic Justice
POETIC JUSTICE translate: 報應，應得的懲罰. Learn more in the...
- Polski
poetic justice definicja: 1. an occasion when something bad...
- Poetically
POETICALLY definition: 1. in a way that is like or relates...
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a punishment or a reward that you feel is just, esp. when it...
- Poetic Justice
28. März 2024 · Learn the meaning of poetic justice, an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usually in a manner peculiarly or ironically appropriate. See examples, word history, and related entries from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Poetic justice, also called poetic irony, is a literary device with which ultimately virtue is rewarded and misdeeds are punished. In modern literature, it is often accompanied by an ironic twist of fate related to the character's own action, hence the name poetic irony.
Poetic justice is an ideal form of justice in which the good characters are rewarded and the bad characters are punished by an ironic twist of fate. Learn how poetic justice works in Shakespeare's King Lear, Dickens' Oliver Twist and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
Poetic justice is an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded, usually in a manner peculiarly or ironically appropriate. The term was coined by the English literary critic Thomas Rymer in the 17th century, when it was believed that a work of literature should uphold moral principles and instruct the reader in correct moral behaviour.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Poetic justice is a punishment or a reward that you feel is just, esp. when it is unexpected or unusual. Learn more about this phrase, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.
