What is the 'Objective Correlative' as defined by T.S. Eliot in his essay 'Hamlet and His Problems'?
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Correct answer: Objects or situations that serve as a formula for evoking a specific emotion
Eliot argued in 'Hamlet and His Problems' that art should be impersonal. An author should not state an emotion directly but provide the sensory details — the 'objective correlative' — that will inevitably evoke that emotion in the reader, making feeling precise and communicable.
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