Catharsis

Chris Monroe Mr. Everett English 2322 April 29, 2016 The Truth in Othello The tragic play Othello by William Shakespeare is a play that induces many emotions in the audience for various characters on numerous occasions. One of the greatest philosophers in mankind, Aristotle, states in his book Poetics that “poetry, therefore, is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history…” (Poetics Part IX). Between poetic literature and historical accounts, poetic literature is much easier to…

The play that I chose to read is called “Heracles” and was written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides around 421-416 B.C.E. (Euripides). The basic story of this tragedy revolves around a man named Heracles, whose family is about to be killed by Lycus, the usurping ruler of Thebes while Heracles is unable to help them as he is in the progress of completing the last of his twelve labors. However, Heracles unexpectedly returns and kills Lycus to save his family from their death only for Hera…

evergreen. Knowles depicts this atmosphere to reveal the unsure feeling of innocence and more retaliation on rules. Furthermore, Knowles depicts the river as an act of catharsis to a violent day and resembles less protest. “…perhaps the Naguamsett carried out on the receding tide.” Relief was seen in the day, so as to the drift and catharsis of the river allowing the boys to settle down from conflict. Knowles shows this to reveal a somewhat getaway from the previous fighting conflict as war…

Freud introduced ‘the talking cure’ which allowed people to vent about whatever they wanted until it led to catharsis. Many people benefit from gaining an explanation about themselves just from talking it through or even undergoing dream analysis. The patient explains their dream and tries to gain meaning from it. There are also weaknesses that go with psychoanalysis…

This means that he changes through the book or shows us catharsis. He changed by starting out as a quiet kid who just hung out with his friends and then evolved into a person who understands the world around them and has learned how to deal with certain situations. Pony also started out as a very attentive boy…

I. Introduction A) Your communication weakness Cannot keep communication going 1. Why Because I am not good at sharing myself to others. However, when I stay with someone without talking anything, I feel very uncomfortable. 2. Your experience in the past When I talk with a person whom I don’t know well, I think I have to talk something with him or her. Then I try to do it but it is hard for me to do continuously. 3. Your will to improve it I will improve this communication weakness. B)…

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher as well as an apprentice of Plato. He founded a school and studied many different things. One of the things he studied was poetry, or as he referred to it, Poetics. Aristotle’s Poetics consists of a list of principles which he believes makes up “good” literature. These principles include plot, character, thought, diction, melody, and spectacle. Aristotle felt that in order for a piece to be considered “good” literature it must include those things, but was…

From the very beginning, tragedy and comedy are set apart from each other by how they approach existence. Comedy, according to Cicero, is ‘the imitation of life’(Donatus 22); it is steeped in realism. It focuses on the probabilities of a situation because it aims to base itself on real life as much as it can. It shows us a reflection of the real world, and thus it should read like a mirror image to us. Generally speaking, comedy does not intend to aim particularly high in its design. Instead it…

human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” Art therapy consists of treatments that encourage free expression and catharsis using methods such as art and music analysis, painting, sculpting, and composing, among many others. We are attracted to pleasures that come from human action. Every composer and artist is different and we tend to understand them better when…

Section A Apodexis, Aitiai, Istoria Herodotus histories were considered as the founding work of history in the western literature era. There are many aspects that are recurred to understand history. Apodexis is needed when a demonstration revolves into proof. Aitiai coincided with Istoria, whereas Aitiai is greek for cause and the ability to find out a reason for something. While Istoria focuses on the written accounts of others and their varied histories. Cleon, Diodotus, Mytilenian The…