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                                                   October 12, 2018

                                                     ARISTOTLE_POETICS
  The surprise that makes
  sense in retrospect.                           From  CHANCES_ARE

                                                 The doctrine of The Twist:
From Aristotle's                                 suprises are supposed to seem
"The Poetics",                                   inevitable in retrospect, but
Section IX:                                      only in retrospect.

  "... an effect is best produced                But is that enough?
  when the events come on us by                  A *good* twist tends to
  surprise; and the effect is                    be something like an
  heightened when, at the same time,             ironic development, no?
  they follow as cause and effect."
                                                        NEO-IRONY
          ARISTOTLE_POETICS


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