What is the difference between pathos and bathos?
In a work of art, pathos is the quality that evokes sympathy or sorrow.
Bathos evokes only laughter and disgust in its failed attempt to create a grand or pathetic effect.
In a work of art, pathos is the quality that evokes sympathy or sorrow.
Bathos evokes only laughter and disgust in its failed attempt to create a grand or pathetic effect.
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