i just read it in a book and i simply dont know what it is and i would really like it if you guys can give me a few easy examples too.
2006-10-01 02:04:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice, often in an especially appropriate or ironic manner.
A man steals a beautiful red shirt from a shop. He wears it to an outing with friends. It rains. The colour runs, staining his expensive trousers and his skin. (It was poetic justice).
A girl decides to cheat on her boyfriend. Her date takes her to a distant restaurant for a meal. On arrival, as they enter they are met by two people leaving arm in arm. It is her boyfriend who is also cheating. (It was poetic justice).
2006-10-01 02:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a definition, poetic justice is the rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice, often in an especially appropriate or ironic manner.
Used as a noun... it is an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) - just deserts.
2006-10-01 02:45:54 · answer #2 · answered by Richard K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋