More on Plato and the Power of Poets

In Republic Plato condemns storytellers (epic and tragic poetry).
Ironically, Plato's famous student Aristotle defends storytelling in Poetics.

(see PLATO VERSUS THE ARTISTS)

Aristotle's 6 Elements of Drama Theory (from Poetics)

"action or plot
character
thought or ideas
language, diction or verbal expression
music or song
spectacle, image or visual adornment"
(Hatcher, 1996, p.21)

Note: see thought/idea