FACETS OF AN EPIC
- The theme of an epic is always grand and lofty
- It deals with great things and happenings
- Heroes of epic are risk takers and adventurers
- Heroes are always giant killers and do great deeds
- Heroes launch themselves on perilous adventures
- The hero belongs to high personage or genealogy
- Heroes are equipped with heavy ammunition
- It exhibits combats and bloody fights
- Heroes are assisted by their fellow beings in the time of distress
- The writer employs supernatural machinery
- The writer produces an atmosphere of horror and terror
- The writer presents a marvelous world of under-world
- Abstract ideas dominate the concrete ones throughout the story
- The writer makes use of bombastic, fantastic and flowery language
FACETS OF MOCK
EPIC
- In mock epic, an epic is mocked at
- Little things are made great and great things are made little
- Theme of the poem is always of lowly nature but is described on an epic level
- The poet choses a trivial theme but describes it on an epic level
- Theme and characters do not change and remain the same till end
- Incidents and events change with the progress of the story
- The contrast between the stagnant characters and ever-changing theme assumes a funny shape
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