Catharsis

By sharing such feelings and experiences within a group setting may help relieve pain, guilt, or stress being experienced by a member. Catharsis is considered a part of an interpersonal process that is more helpful during the latter part of the group process as supportive bonds are formed (Yalom, 2005). This value is important in adolescent groups as it validates the learning experience whilst…

section of the letter I state, “Watching and reading the weakness of a protogynous that was once viewed with such confidence and self-relation, brings you to a point of catharsis. You look at this character and questions, do I want to have the same faith as this character.” Therefore, I found Helen to be the start of my catharsis because I can relate to the weakness she showed at the end, as she states her willingness to change and lose weight to stay with him (88). Although no comments have…

first coined by Aristotle, a famous Greek philosopher, is defined as a play that portrays the fall of a good character because of a catastrophic mistake by the protagonist. A true tragedy must also evoke pity and fear in the audience which is called catharsis. A tragedy incorporates a tragic hero which must be the protagonist who is neither entirely good nor pure evil and this tragic hero or protagonist must be consistent and realistic as to relate to the audience.…

After conversation with the messenger Oedipus is shocked and he begins catharsis soon after the shepherd arrives and he undergoes recognition, therefore the incident can be described as the parapeteia of the literary work. The third element that Aristotle underlines as a must-have for tragedies is the recognition phase. Alike…

Emotions, Inside Out No matter where you are from, whether it be from New York city or a small tribe in the amazon forest, we all experience the same 6 universal emotions. The emotions we experience are happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear and disgust. These emotions are beneficial because they allow us to have feelings and have the ability to categorize events with tags. For example, how we always remember the good events in life when we feel happy and we remember bad events when we feel…

MacBeth is called a Verse Drama. Which means that it is written just like a poem but without rhyming. “Many actors had to have many talents then just acting. Most needed to be able to sing, dance, act, fence, and wrestle.” (The Language of Literature Textbook)Could you imagine Leonardo DiCaprio being asked to do all these things in an acting interview? Most actors had to be very close with their audience members.If those members didn’t like what you did, well you would expect some food flying…

they are not mutually exclusive theatrical genres, and thus can be combined in one dramatic work. From the times of Aristotle’s Poetics, tragedy is supposed to portray exceptional characters suffering and experiencing misfortunes that climax in the catharsis – emotional purification felt by the compassionate audience. History play represents actual events that took place in the past including those with tragic finales. However, defining a history play within the framework of English literary…

protagonist, thought, diction, and spectacle which therefore, allows it to fall under Aristotle’s theory of poetics. By incorporating elements of this theory, including both Mythos and ethos, the play forms an experience of catharsis permitting pity and fear form the audience. However catharsis is not the only reaction readers have to the drama, for the themes are very relatable, especially if you are of the female gender. This is because one of the main themes is gender differences. This is…

sense of pity and fear in the audience” and “it is his/her downfall that evokes the feelings of pity and fear among the audience.” Some of the basic characteristics of a tragic hero are: Noble birth, Hamartia, Hubris, Peripeteia, Anagnorisis, and Catharsis. Noble birth is described as “the hero beginning the story in a position of social and/or moral power. Hamartia is described as the tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero.” Hubris is described as “a typical flaw in the personality of a…

bruise for instance). However, the character of Corax uses the technique of Burton which consists in thinking of the traumatic past in order to accept it and live with it (for the representation on stage, is can be characterized by the phenomenon of “catharsis”, where the spectator can purge his emotions ). For instance, Corax wants to purge the grief in Meleander’s soul by force him to say the cause of his despair. Ford uses Corax as the voice of…