on imitation

The object of our sympathy must belong to our nature

The action must be conceived within the realm of freedom (moral, external)

suffering as well as its sources must be communicated completely within a sequence of events

must be realized in a perceptible way through action; unmediated.


imitation must be differentiated from narration or description. Here, Schiller places the drama above music (depicts feelings) and literature (describes feelings)because it is without narration. it is spontaneous, it is action. but more imporantly it still retains the quality of being separate from actual experience; it is aesthetic. Removed so we may be conscious observers. This is the unique quality of art.