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authorMatěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>2023-10-12 01:16:22 +0200
committerMatěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>2023-10-12 01:16:22 +0200
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New tag ... storyPrompt.
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@@ -75,3 +75,10 @@ There were few points where I would like to comment on:
.. _AO3:
https://archiveofourown.org
+
+-----
+
+See also https://youtu.be/PTBK1M9tBmY … how Shakespeare’s
+historical plays are much more important for our understanding
+of The Wars of Roses (which are extremely advantageous for the
+Tudors’ then in power) than what actually happened.
diff --git a/faith/their_finest.rst b/faith/their_finest.rst
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@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ scriptwriting.
… it wasn’t.” The film can follow without any change … angry
Catrin leaves and throws away her ring to the dustbin.
-* Czech writer Karel Čapek once wrote an essay about when reading
- a story he has always trouble to decide whether the death in
- the film is rising from the internal necessity of the plot, or
- whether the author just didn’t know what to do. I am really
- afraid that the Tom’s death is from the second category, mortem
- ex machina. The author wanted tear-jerking finale, so he just
- got rid of the main lover. And of course, if Tom should be got
- rid off, then a thousand-ponder would work much better, than
+* Czech writer Karel Čapek once wrote an essay, how he was always
+ feeling uncertain whether a death in a story is rising from
+ the internal necessity of the plot, or whether the author just
+ didn’t know what to do with a character. I am really afraid
+ that the Tom’s death is from the second category, *mortem ex
+ machina*. The author wanted tear-jerking finale, so he just
+ got rid of the main lover. And of course, if Tom should be
+ eliminated, then a thousand-ponder would work much better, than
random stage piece.
.. _`Their Finest`: