i was watching tv, and i encountered a few words that i don't understand. what "poetic justice" and "protege" mean? dictionary definition is not enough (i looked them up already and i still don't understand). please give clear examples. thanks.
2006-08-19 23:00:58 · 6 answers · asked by Emma 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Poetic justice is basically an ironic justice. There are many examples of that. "He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword". Or imagine a lawyer who gets sued. Or a dog-catcher who dies by being attacked by angry dogs. Etc...
BTW, fightintxaggie98 is wrong and right about karma. People in the West understand karma as "poetic justice", but that's because of their ignorance. If you know what karma really is, then it has nothing to do with poetic justice.
A protege is basically someone like a favorite student, but this education doesn't have to be formal. For example, a rich person could discover a young singer and he could sposor her, pay her bills, advertise her on TV etc... She then would be his protege.
2006-08-19 23:15:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Poetic justice is kind of like karma, that what happens to someone is related to the way that they have lived. This is used a lot in movies and TV when the villain meets his end because he did something that later leads to his capture/punishment.
Protege is someone who is being guided by another. For instance, a student teacher is a protege of the permanent teacher.
2006-08-20 06:12:23 · answer #2 · answered by fightintxaggie98 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A "protege" in American English means a person who learns alongside somebody else and that somebody (usually called a "mentor") helps (in honest, but sometimes also dishonest) ways the protege to advance in his/her career.
"Poetic justice" is a very elegant name for revenge or-more often-for being vindicated by external circumstances.
2006-08-20 06:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, protégé is simpler, so we'll start with that. A protégé is someone who a (typically older) person takes under their wing, sort of like an apprentice. The older person in this relationship would be called a mentor. Say for example that Plato teaches Aristotle about philosophy, training him to someday take his place as a leading philosopher; in this relationship, Aristotle is Plato's protégé.
"Poetic justice" is a term used to describe something bad happening to someone who deserves it. Usually the misfortune or punishment is ironic. For example, if a man who set a trap to kill his enemy fell into it himself, many people would consider that an instance of poetic justice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetic_justice
2006-08-20 06:17:56 · answer #4 · answered by Drew 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poetic justice is like karma..you get what you deserve....
protege (is a french word) is someone who is under the care of someone else financially(maybe) in order to further their career.
2006-08-20 06:21:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my copy of the
WEBSTER'S ENCYCLOPEDIC UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY of THE
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE provides a fairly simple explanation of "protege": a person under the patronage, protection or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare... however, i do not know about "poetic justice".
2006-08-20 06:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by moonlight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋