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Catharsis Essays and Term Papers
Oedipus the King and Aristotle's Views on TragedyTragedy According to Aristotle
In his Poetics Aristotle defines tragedy as the imitation of an action. This imitation and action are both serious, complete and important. The purpose of tragedy is to evoke pity and fear in the audience. At the end of the play a catharsis of pity and fear ...
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Boxing: Down For The CountThe tenth edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines boxing as
"the art of attack and defense with the fists practiced as a sport." I could be
mistaken, but there is a certain emphasis placed on the idea that boxing is
practiced as a sport. It is rather ambiguous. Is boxing a sport ...
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Antigone: A Greek TragedyAntigone, the play, is a Greek tragedy written in 441 B.C. by Sophocles, one of the greatest tragedians in history. The majority of Greek tragedians in this epoch used Aristotle’s Chain of Cause and Effect to create a tragic hero, which is very much necessary to write a Greek tragedy. Aristotle’s ...
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Aristotle’s Theory Of Tragedy As Seen In Euripides’ ElectraMany aspects of Euripides’ play Electra fit into Aristotle’s theory of tragedy, however, some elements of the play are weak according to the theory. Aristotle proposed that a play would have to meet a certain criteria to be considered a good tragedy. He held that the play must center around a ...
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Communication Skills And How TThe skills of communication in the movie The Breakfast Club
Communication between individuals can occur in many ways but the amount of information revealed can tell you the strength of their relationship. Self-disclosure is this process of deliberately revealing information about oneself that is ...
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Hamlet: Shakespeare Tragic HeroIn Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, the main character is a classic
example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. Hamlet is considered to be a
tragic hero because he has a tragic flaw that in the end, is the cause of
his downfall. The play is an example of a Shakespearean tragic play
because it has all of ...
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Othello - The Greatest TragedyA Shakespearean tragedy is one that encompasses many different elements. Shakespeare presents all of these elements spectacularly in Othello. For a tragedy to occur there are five conditions. The protagonist, Othello in this case, must experience a death or a total loss of ranking in society. The ...
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Tragic DifferencesTragedy has always been a popular theme in stories and plays. For centuries, people have been captivated by morbidly emotional finales, rather than by happy endings. Stories with a sad outcome fascinate us much more than those, ending on a happy note. Many of the best works of literature are ...
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Group Counseling“Group Counseling is like photography because you give it your best shot and see what develops”. (Breier, 1997).
I would imagine when Dr. Haley-Banez starts the Group Counseling class each semester, she experiences exhilarated anticipation of how each group would possibly develop and which path ...
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Othello: An Aristotelian TragedyOthello: An Aristotelian Tragedy
Aristotle described a tragedy as "an imitation of an action of high importance, complete and of some amplitude: in language enhanced by distinct and varying beauties...by means of pity and fear effecting its purgation of these emotions." Fitting this description ...
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The CrucibleJohn Hale is the minister of Beverly, which has been summoned to Salem to discover and
extinguish supposed witchcraft in the town of Salem, Mass. in the colonial period. Hale
overgoes a gradual change of character and belief as the play unfolds. As a dynamic
character? Though a gradual change ...
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History Of Greek TheaterTheater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th
century BCE, with the Sopocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his
plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were
depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for
honor and fame, his action was ...
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Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets - Innocence Vs. ExperienceIt is believed that the world exists in two fashions, innocence and
experience. Neither can exist without its opposite. Innocence is where
humans begin, and they must pass through experience on their way to heaven.
One figure from turn-of-the-century literature are prime examples of
innocence ...
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Tragedy In Oedipus RexThe Greek drama Oedipus Rex is clearly a tragedy. It definitely meets
the five main criteria for a tragedy: a tragic hero of noble birth, a
tragic flaw, a fall from grace, a moment of remorse, and catharsis.
Oedipus Rex clearly meets the first of these five criteria. Oedipus is
the son of Laius, ...
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The History Of Greek TheaterTheater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE,
with the Sopocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the
same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was
believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was ...
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Tragedy Of OthelloIn tragedy the reader often sympathizes and empathizes with the protagonist who attains "wisdom through suffering." Tess Durbeyfield, in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Othello, in William Shakespeare's Othello are protagonists who elicit the sympathy of the reader as they suffer, ...
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Tragic Hero Characterization I"Pity and Awe, reconciliation, exaltation and a sense of emotion purged and purified thereby"1. As this quote from Aristotle's Poetics states, a tragedy must arouse feelings of pity and fear, thus producing a catharsis of these emotions in the audience. In order to arouse the emotions of the ...
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Television And Movie ViolenceThe United States has become the most violent nation in the industrial world. The latest, a bloodbath in Littleton, Colorado, once again has us questioning our society. These revenge fantasies portrayed in Littleton are showing themselves in movies and on TV. This shows that violence in the media ...
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The History Of Greek TheaterTheater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE, with the Sopocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was ...
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