Catharsis

Intro Have you ever questioned why you’re the way you are? Have you ever wondered what makes each person unique from another? Every person is different; therefore, there is an abundance of different perspectives on life, itself. After 18 years, I have found these answers through certain life experiences. Through several different stages of my life, I’ve found answers that I would have never been able to predict. Furthermore, the treacherous journey of life events, I finally have an understanding…

nothing remarkable about him. He lacks the qualities that are usually possessed by the main lead (such as those possessed by a hero or an anti- hero) which helps the readers to sympathise or empathise with the character and experience some form of catharsis. The audience finds it difficult to connect with such a character that has no strong or tangible personality- he could be anyone and everyone. This could perhaps be a way of alluding to the theme of belongingness and loss of identity present…

continues its popularity with each theater-going generation. In any case, Antigone is a great example of the play style of the ancient Greeks. It follows the aforementioned Three Unities (time, action, location), it has a tragic hero, and provokes catharsis. The story is about, simply, of the daughter of Oedipus (see Oedipus Rex for his story) Antigone and what befalls her. The story starts out with Antigone returning from burying her brother Polyneices who has died in a civil war with her other…

William Shakespeare, demonstrates multiple forms of power in the complex tragedy of the early 1600’s: Macbeth. The exploration of violence and hierarchical power (through the more rudimentary forms) is a reflection of the societal norms that existed under King James I. The famous British playwright was largely influential and wrote plays as a way of conveying his thoughts and ideas to the public. Shakespeare explores the following themes of power and their effect on the protagonist, Macbeth:…

Many artists have given countless different reasons to why art is important to not just the culture, but to the lives of every individual. Some may say that art is vital for catharsis or taste or simply entertainment. One of the most accepted answers is for art to provide a perspective that most individuals do not get to witness in their daily lives. Art can introduce people to a whole new world that they didn’t understand before or find comfort for individuals who think they are alone in this…

Kaylen Simmons Dr. Piper Huguley-Riggins 215 English: 20th Century Black Women Writers 7 July 2016 Pauline Hopkins’ Legacy African American 20th Century writers have played a big role in educating the community. The authors and poets of the Harlem Renaissance who prospered in the 1920s, such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, have become more popular and their works have been recognized and interpreted in English classes in recent years. Pauline Hopkins should be included the next time…

Shakespeare often plays with concept of comedies and tragedies sometimes even coexisting the two ideas in one play. These plays leave the reader analyzing this turning point between and comedy and tragedy and who is at fault for it. Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two lovers whose relationship complicates to a point that their love story turns into a tragedy that ultimately leads to their deaths. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight and get married the next day. The Nurse, who raised…

I began writing An Interview with a Trout in March, right after we finished reading One Hundred Years of Solitude. With all of the texts involved in the second half of the Haruki Murakami class, one theme that reverberated in my head was how family can come to represent latent memory and one’s cyclical history. These stories made me think about my own family history and the potential stories that could hold a prophecy on my own life. Both sides of my family had no ties to the United States…

The first time I heard of therapeutic sandtray was from a fellow graduate student whose therapist utilized it in treatment. It struck me as an odd technique, because my only reference was the desk Zen sandtrays with the little rakes and rock. Since then, I have come to understand how meaningful the therapeutic modality could be for clients and clinicians. The earliest conceptualizations of utilizing therapeutic sandtrays date back to the early play therapy work of Margaret Lowenfeld, Sigmund…

Today in our society, it is not an overstatement when people say news travels fast. Within seconds of a significant or unusual event happening, we get “Breaking News” headlines all over our TV screens, millions of tweets commenting on what had happened, and the sharing of stories or pictures through Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. However, have you ever noticed that most of the news we see or read from online consists of obscene events? Obscenity comes in many different forms. It can be from…