Catharsis

a staunch resolve to uphold the laws of his kingdom. Both these characters are lacking a crucial element of the other, and consequently reach a tragic end. However due to Creon’s conviction throughout and responsibility, his guilt and moment of catharsis ultimately makes him the more tragic character. In this paper, I will show how each character reaches their unfortunate demise due to their…

hero is defined as a character who makes a choice that will inevitably lead to their destruction. According to Aristotle, all tragic hero must have six traits to be considered one. These are hamartia, hubris, peripeteia, anagnorisis, nemesis, and catharsis. To go into more depth of these characteristics, hamartia is a tragic flaw that causes the downfall of the tragic hero. Examples of a tragic flaw would be things such as excessive pride, guilt, and not listening to the gods. Hubris is a trait…

In Native Son by Richard Wright, the most important quote of the book is the one written above because it displays the catharsis he feels after being able to free himself from his inner conflict: feeling trapped. Always working toward the desires of other people--his mom, his fellow gang members, and the Daltons--Bigger had few opportunities to feel like he was in control of situations. Bigger has felt trapped in every aspect of his life and, as twisted as it is, the murders were his way out. He…

know himself because he thinks his adoptive parents are his biological parents, he unknowingly marries his own mother Jocasta, and kills his own father Laius. Oedipus was written by Sophocles in around 429 B.C. and is a tragedy. It is meant to be a Catharsis, which is a production that purges emotions such as pity for the protagonist, and fear that a similar situation might occur during the audience member’s lifetime. Throughout the play, the audience pities Oedipus for the misfortunes that…

Torchy’s lust for money and sex deprives him from making a moral judgment. When his reversal of fortune takes place, fate turns against him and take away the fortune that he attained earlier in gambling. In the end, the catharsis show how he gains an insight from realizing his tragic flaw when he decides to visit his grandfather again. It is imperative to understand that tragedy is powerful because it allows humans to approach their shortcomings with caution and…

“Story of an Hour” the women is so excited about the death of her husband that when she finds out he is alive she has a heart attack .In the stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Story of an Hour” the author uses a similar setting and a similar catharsis to show that…

The anagnorisis of “Oedipus the king” is when Oedipus, Jocasta, and all the other character in the story find out that Oedipus actually did murder Laius his own father and Jocasta is really his mother as also his wife. Oedipus discovers that the child of King Laius and Queen Jocasta was sent given away to a shepherd to die as a child. Oedipus goes on to get some testimonies to make absolutely sure, even though it is obvious that he was Laius’s killer. He brings Tiresias to confront him to tell…

“Catharsis” is a metaphor Aristotle often used in his works. Catharism is the effect a main character endures during a tragedy, in which he/she “commits some error of judgement, so then in turn suffers a reversal of fortune and recognizes his folly. The character then achieves the purpose of the tragedy” (Bishop). The use of Aristotle’s catharsis and the overall effect of the tragedies can be described as learning experiences…

In the early 1960’s Jane Goodall traveled to the Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania to study chimpanzee development and their social interactions. During her early years of study, Goodall discovered much about the social complexity of chimpanzee societies and their hierarchies, along with their development which is, for the most part, very similar to the development of our species. Throughout the book, Jane Goodall describes the many challenges she faced trying to get the protective chimpanzees…

The ancient Greek drama Bacchae written by Euripides, is a renowned tragedy known for the intense struggle between King Pentheus and the God Dionysus. Perhaps what makes this play so startling, in addition to the graphically brutal murder of Pentheus, is the wild yet captivating all-female chorus. Typically, the chorus is intrinsic to the play as it represents the voice of the community, reflecting on ethical and moral issues. However, in Bacchae, the chorus consists of fifteen women who are…