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The pathetic

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a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.

See also: Pathetic



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There are four kinds of Tragedy, the Complex, depending entirely on Reversal of the Situation and Recognition; the Pathetic (where the motive is passion),--such as the tragedies on Ajax and Ixion; the Ethical (where the motives are ethical),--such as the Phthiotides and the Peleus.
 
 
 
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