LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To connect human beings with a higher ideal
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To entertain those who enjoy it
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To criticize society through satire
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation. In both the arguments to compel artists and art to “express only images of good, and to prohibit them from exhibiting the opposite forms of vice and intemperance and meanness and indecency” the main moral concern is the affect of art on minds and development of the character of citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Plato, art is false knowledge of reality. An artist’s imitation can deceive common people, not the philosopher, who knows the essence of reality or the real being of things.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to this view, art acts as an emotional cathartic and achieves a “purgation of the emotions.” Certain emotions that humans would be better off without (Aristotle limited them to pity and fear, but they could easily be extended) are generated during the course of daily life.
Detailed explanation-4: -In a nutshell, Plato agrees that we ought to do what’s in our own best interests, but insists that it’s ultimately always in our interest to do what’s just, or right, because wrongdoing damages our souls, or characters as persons. Plato also defends this idea in an earlier dialogue, Gorgias.
Detailed explanation-5: -For Plato, the purpose of life was to achieve wisdom and understanding. Plato believed that the human soul was immortal, and that its ultimate goal was to return to the world of the Forms, where it could gain true knowledge and understanding.