“ The theatre is not a hospital,” is what F.L.Lucas said, rejecting the idea of Aristotle, who while defining tragedy said that the function of tragedy is to arouse the emotions of pity and fear, and in this way to effect the catharsis of these emotions. The Greek word Katharsis reflects three meanings, “ purgation,” “purification” and “ clarification”. In the purgation theory of catharsis , the term catharsis has been used in medical sense, its like homeopathic treatment, where the like cures the like. Tragedy rouses the emotions of pity and fear, and also causes the purgation of these emotions.When we watch a character suffering on the stage or screen, the artificially aroused pity and fear , stimulate our latent emotions of pity and fear
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According to Wedding and Boyd movies have a more powerful effect on us than any other art form.6
Movies affect us powerfully because the synergistic impact of music, dialogue, lighting, camera angles, and sound effect enables a film to bypass ordinary defensive censors in us.…Movies draw us into the viewing experience, but at the same time – often more easily than in real life – afford a unique opportunity to retain a perspective outside the experience, the observer’s view5.Someone has rightly said, “ movies are called movies, not because the characters move in them but , because they have ability to move us, emotionally.”
Viewing specific films can help validate a client’s experience as he observes conditions and circumstances that resonate with his own3.We like few movies more than the other and we like to watch them repeateedly. Watching such movies bring us solace always, these movies if are discussed with the counseler, it can be found out what do we lack in real which we find displacement of, in these movies. We can also have a better understanding of the self that is self awareness can be achieved by
According to Wedding and Boyd movies have a more powerful effect on us than any other art form.6
Movies affect us powerfully because the synergistic impact of music, dialogue, lighting, camera angles, and sound effect enables a film to bypass ordinary defensive censors in us.…Movies draw us into the viewing experience, but at the same time – often more easily than in real life – afford a unique opportunity to retain a perspective outside the experience, the observer’s view5.Someone has rightly said, “ movies are called movies, not because the characters move in them but , because they have ability to move us, emotionally.”
Viewing specific films can help validate a client’s experience as he observes conditions and circumstances that resonate with his own3.We like few movies more than the other and we like to watch them repeateedly. Watching such movies bring us solace always, these movies if are discussed with the counseler, it can be found out what do we lack in real which we find displacement of, in these movies. We can also have a better understanding of the self that is self awareness can be achieved by