poetic(al) justice

  • 1justice — n. rules of law administration of law 1) to administer, dispense, mete out, render justice 2) to obstruct justice 3) to pervert justice 4) divine; frontier (US); poetic; summary justice 5) justice prevails 6) a miscarriage; travesty of justice 7) …

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  • 2Poetic justice — is a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character s own conduct. The structure of poetry, prose, and drama to have justice… …

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  • 3Poetic Justice — est un film américain de John Singleton sorti en 1993. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Autour du film …

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  • 4poetic — (adj.) 1520s, from M.Fr. poetique, from L. poeticus, from Gk. poietikos pertaining to poetry, lit. creative, productive, from poietos made, verbal adjective of poiein to make (see POET (Cf. poet)). Earlier adjective was poetical (late 14c.); also …

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  • 5poetic justice — n. justice, as in some plays, stories, etc., in which good is rewarded and evil punished, often in an especially fitting way …

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  • 6poetic — poetic, poetical In general, poetic is the more common word, but choice is often dependent on personal preference or on sentence rhythm. There are, however, a few fixed expressions, e.g. the poetical works of, poetic justice, poetic licence …

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  • 7Justice Poétique — La justice poétique est un procédé littéraire par lequel la vertu finit par être récompensée ou le vice puni : dans la littérature moderne, elle prend fréquemment la forme d une ironie du sort étroitement liée à la conduite, bonne ou… …

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  • 8Justice poetique — Justice poétique La justice poétique est un procédé littéraire par lequel la vertu finit par être récompensée ou le vice puni : dans la littérature moderne, elle prend fréquemment la forme d une ironie du sort étroitement liée à la conduite …

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  • 9poetic justice — ► NOUN ▪ fitting or deserved punishment or reward …

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  • 10Poetic Justice — Infobox Film name = Poetic Justice image size = caption = director = John Singleton producer = John Singleton Steve Nicolaides Dwight Alanzo Williams writer = John Singleton starring = Janet Jackson Tupac Shakur Regina King Joe Torry Tyra Ferrell …

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