Poetic justice In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Poetic justice", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Hank Nguyen calendar 2021-03-09 02:03

Meaning of Poetic justice

Synonyms:

retributive justice

Poetic justice British formal

An idiom that expresss justice just like in dramas or poetries. Specificially something that happens based on the doings of the person, good deeds come with rewards, evil doings will be punished

He is a scammer and a liar, now he's in prison. That's poetic justice

The kind lady that collects garbage just won a lottery card. The goods was rewarded which was poetic justice

Other phrases about:

cry foul

To complain that something is unfair or illegal.

virtue is its own reward
Doing something ethically good is a reward itself. 

Grammar and Usage of Poetic justice

Origin of Poetic justice

The phrase 'Poetic Justice' was coined by the The English literary critic and historian Thomas Rymer in his essay The Tragedies of the Last Age Considere'd, published in the year of 1678. He demanded that characters in poetries and dramas to have to justice that they deserved, which is the good will be rewarded, the evil punished. He also supported the opinon that plots should be plausible and that there should be a moral in the dramatic works.

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