Catharsis

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…

Catharsis is having pity or terror. A character must scare the audience or make the audience feel bad for them. After the play audience must want to lead a better life. In Antigone, there is a girl names Antigone. She has two brothers who were soldiers. They both died, one had a proper burial and one was going to be left as food for the vultures, to be rotted away. Antigone did not want this to happen. She uses catharsis in this quote: “But the unhappy corpse of Polyneices / he has proclaimed to…

act of imitation, and catharsis, or purgation and cleansing of oneself through tragedy. Although only bits and pieces of his works have survived, his ideas and analysis on tragedy still ring true today and Poetics remains one of the most influential texts when it comes to dramatic literature. Although not distinctly defined, Aristotle suggests that catharsis is the act of purging or cleansing oneself of pity and fear by watching tragedy. Aristotle even considered catharsis medicinal, since it is…

of elaborated revenge known as catharsis. Catharsis is an idealism by Aristotle that defines a type of revenge people yearn for that Mencken describes as “a salubrious discharge of emotions” (464). He states that the death penalty provides relief “to the immediate victims of the criminal punished, and to the general body of moral and timorous men” (464). Mencken’s argument that capital punishment is not just for deterring others, but is actually a form of catharsis, is completely agreeable. All…

audience feels reaches a point of revelation and as a result, a state of catharsis. Moreover, the art proper is the expression of emotion in which by expression the audience achieves a state of clarity and focus, intensifying the emotion to fully understand it. On the contrary, Aristotle’s catharsis in tragedy is the arousal of such emotions that one does not fully understand and identifies it as an unknown distress. Although catharsis is meant to rid the mind of the emotion all together, it…

effecting the proper purgation”. Using a play by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that can express the defined oikeia hedone, meaning the “proper pleasure” in Greek by Aristotle’s Poetics, which achieves the proper purgation or in other words, catharsis as its final cause. Tragedy can be defined as an event of great suffering, however Aristotle also mentioned that “a real tragedy was all encompassing, larger than life, and incredibly dramatic”(350 B.C.E, 1994). In the play Romeo and…

throughout history, and personally allowed myself to stay committed and invested, even when my motivation is little to none? Personally, I believe that dance is a form of expression that pushes the boundaries of vocal communication, an emotional catharsis used for outlets and releases of…

Horror is quite the popular genre. But why? Stephen King answers this question in his essay, “Why we Crave Horror.” He claims that we go to show that we aren't afraid, to re-establish normality, and to have fun. He argues that it acts as a catharsis for anticivilization emotions that are still present in the human condition. While many may believe the horror genre is unenjoyable, King’s ideas are still accurate because primitive, anticivilization emotions that need to be fed, still exist within…

gives Polyneices a proper burial, justifying it by claiming she was only following the divine law of the gods. Plays like this and many others were written for the Festival of Dionysus where Greek citizens would watch the plays as a way of attaining catharsis, or the purging of emotions. In Sophocles’ tragic play Antigone, Creon is the more tragic character because he adheres to Aristotle’s poetics the most, when compared with Antigone, and therefore evokes the most…

consciousness. Through this insight, catharsis may begin. Craig’s conscious mind suppresses him through the exhibition of his best friends’ romantic lives. Academic expectations and jealousy that cause stress is a part of the conscious mind. The preconsciousness includes all aspects of consciousness except for the awareness. A person can prompt the preconscious mind at anytime. Emotions and desires, which drive actions, are a part of the unconscious mind. Catharsis is the emotional release that…