![]() ![]() Aristotle’s ethical vision of virtue as a moderate point between vices of excess and defect was frequently overlaid upon this psychomachian concept fallen humanity becoming the vice of defect and the forces of evil that seek to corrupt him or her the vices of excess. In the morality tradition the representative of humanity is aided and hindered by opposing forces of Virtue and Vice, led into sin by the latter before being persuaded to repent by the former, and thus finding the path to salvation. ![]() As such, Bergetto encapsulates moral and ethical paradigms, most notably the parable of the prodigal son and Aristotle’s golden mean. ![]() This paper examines the character of Bergetto from John Ford’s play, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, and suggests that the foolish figure is an evolution of the humanum genus stock-character. ![]()
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