The Structures of Sidney's Arcadia

action active Amphialus apparently Argalus argument Basilius beauty becomes Book called cause chapter characters complex conception concern considered context contrast course death Defence desire discussion distinction earlier effect elements Elizabethan emphasis epic episode ethical Euarchus evil example experience exploration expressed fable figure final force function further give given greater hero heroic human idea ideal important interest interpretation judgment justice kind King knowledge less material matter means mind moral Musidorus narrative nature noted offers Old Arcadia original Pamela passage passion pastoral pattern perfection perhaps Philoclea plot poetry political positive possible present princes problem Pyrocles reader reason relation Renaissance response result revision rhetorical romance scene seems sense Sidney Sidney's situation social story structure Study suggests theme thing thought tion turn values virtue whole