Catharsis

In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, two of the main characters, Antony and Brutus, both made speeches to the plebeians at Caesar’s funeral. Even though both of them had strong speeches, Antony came out on top. While both men used the same rhetorical devices, Antony was much more effective in persuading the people. To start, both men used syllogisms in their speeches. By using syllogisms, both men got their points across easily and logically, diverting the attention of the people…

Cowboys and Indians: The United States and the Lasting Legacy of its History of Conquest Ned Blackhawk is a Western Shoshone professor of history and American studies at Yale University. His works have focused primarily on post-Columbian Native American history. Within his work, Blackhawk has argued that ‘the history of conquest has an important though largely ignored legacy in the modern United States’. This essay will be an analytical evaluation of the validity and implications of that…

‘The New Hollywood’ was the period of cinema after World War Two which marked the end of the Classical Era in film. (Schatz, 1993. pp 8) It was facilitated as cultural developments altered cinema attendance prompting a renaissance in film techniques and the themes that were explored. Families were migrating to the suburbs in response to housing and ‘baby boom’ and the introduction of the television meant ‘watching TV replaced going to the movies.’ (Schatz, 1993. pp 8-9) These ‘fragmented…

Tragedies come in all shapes and sizes. Natural disasters, death of a love one, and to a child, the loss of a beloved pet can be a tragic event. According to Greek philosopher Aristotle, the makings of a great tragedy include a person of “high-estate” whose downfall is due to his own tragic flaw. Aristotle says “Tragedy is an imitation of an action of high importance, complete and of some amplitude; in language enhanced by distinct and varying beauties; acted not narrated; by means of pity and…

instead directs him toward a cancer support group so he can realize just how small his suffering is compared to others. The narrator is embraced within the support group as they believe he also suffers from cancer. This moment of acceptance and catharsis leaves the narrator feeling tired relieved of his insomnia, and sets the tone for the rest of the movie. After regularly attending these meetings the Narrator soon meets Marla who he notices in various cancer support…

“Miss Brill”, written by Katherine Mansfield, is the somber short story of loneliness and disenchantment. Miss Brill, an elderly woman whose most treasured possession is the outdated fur she drapes over her neck, visits the town square to people watch. She has been doing this for so long now that she views the whole scene as a play, of which she believes she is an integral part of, but her world is shattered when two teenagers mock her and complain about her presence as a nuisance. Interestingly…

Of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays, many of them fall into the genre of tragedy, including Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet. This latter in particular could be classified as a revenge tragedy due to its subject matter. Some elements of tragedy include complex, character-driven plots, noble, yet flawed, main characters, and highly embellished language. Hamlet contains these elements, respectively, in Hamlet’s convoluted attempts to avenge his father, his paradoxical good and bad traits, and…

Cognitive and behavioral intervention strategies are used collectively by cognitive behavior therapist to address clients’ presenting needs. Collaborating, formulation, Socratic dialogue and homework are key factors that effectively influence the delivery of cognitive behavior therapy model. After the initial assessment is completed, clinicians select appropriate intervention strategies to identify how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the client are consistent. These intervention…

linguistics and art. Bertram states that “Dionysus is a name for the transformative power that forces people to become masks, masks of superpersonal, “divine” being.” The spirit of Dionysus served as an enchantment for the Athenian audience going through catharsis watching the tragic plays performed in honor of the god of…

The Play 'Aunt Raini' demonstrated a conflict between a hearty sense of morale and the artist's desire to ignore the oppression of the beliefs where modern-day human morale should stand in order of pursuing their passion of creating art. In the play, Leni Riefenstahl, under the pseudonym Aunt Raini, comes out from hiding her identity as a well-known German film director and accused Third Reich collaborator years later during a clash of different perceptions between her and her niece's boyfriend…