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Learn the meaning of poetic justice, an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usually in a manner peculiarly or ironically appropriate. See examples, word history, and related words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Poetic justice is a literary device that shows the good characters rewarded and the bad characters punished by fate. Learn how poetic justice works in Shakespeare's King Lear, Dickens' Oliver Twist and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
Poetic justice is a punishment or a reward that you feel is just, esp. when it is unexpected or unusual. Learn more about this phrase, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Poetic justice, also called poetic irony, is a literary device with which ultimately virtue is rewarded and misdeeds are punished. In modern literature, it is often accompanied by an ironic twist of fate related to the character's own action, hence the name poetic irony.
Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Singleton, and starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur, with Regina King and Joe Torry in supporting roles.
Poetic justice is a literary device that punishes vice and rewards virtue in a fitting way. Learn about its origin, examples, and contrast with irony from Britannica's editors.
Jul 23, 1993 · Poetic Justice is a 1993 movie directed by John Singleton and starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur. It follows a grieving hairdresser and a postal worker on a road trip from Los Angeles to Oakland, where they face violence, love and poetry.
