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Aristotle says the BEST form of Recognition occurs:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Aristotle says the BEST form of Recognition occurs:

  1. After the action ends
  2. Before Reversal
  3. Simultaneously with Reversal
  4. Only in comedy
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Correct answer: C. Simultaneously with Reversal

1. Aristotle prizes the simultaneous form because it intensifies effect. 2. Oedipus Rex is his model where reversal + recognition coincide. 3. The pairing is one of the Poetics's most influential moves. _Source: Project Gutenberg #1974 — Aristotle's Poetics — "the best form occurring simultaneously with reversal"_

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