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    Muhammad 1 Salman Muhammad Ms. K. Rodgers ENG4U0 November‚ 28‚ 2012 Written Analysis and Brief Dramatic Sketch of Catharsis Catharsis is derived from Greek verb “Kathoros” which translates as to purify or to make clean. The term has been applied to numerous situations such as medicine and literature. In medicine‚ catharsis may literally mean the removal of excess material from the body that is produced due to an illness. In psychiatry‚ the early social scientist also interested in the

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    happiness‚ sadness‚ or even confusion. The purging of emotions in reaction to something especially tragedies or music is known as a catharsis. In Antigone by Sophocles‚ the audience experiences a catharsis for a variety of characters. Although their actions may seem overly dramatic due to the trivial matters that they stress about‚ Antigone‚ Creon‚ and Haemon provide for a catharsis through their tone during the situations they undergo. Antigone’s pitiful situation of standing alone against a strong king

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    Time Changes Everything In the tragedy Medea‚ written by Euripides the language applies to the time it was written‚ much like any other form of written media. The reactions and actions taken by Medea are not common for a time period like our own. At this day and age we’ve learned how to react without killing someone‚ and how to not plot our revenge in such a spiteful way. Medea doesn’t distinguish right from wrong in her actions‚ heart of head applies perfectly to her and her reactions. Today we

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    How does Euripides build empathy for outsiders in Greek society in Medea? Medea is a woman who is a non-Greek outsider - she is a barbarian from Colchis. Her irrational behaviour and extreme response correlates to the stereotype of a Barbarian woman. Euripides effectively uses the chorus to help create and build empathy for Medea by sympathising with her and being biased towards her by taking her side. The chorus in Classical Greek drama was a group of actors who described and commented upon the

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    MEDEA is a Greek tragedy about betrayal‚ revenge‚ and pride. In the play MEDEA is betrayed by her husband Jason‚ he decided to marry another woman to gain more power. Through the play MDEA get revenge on everyone that has done her wrong. I don’t think MEDEA is a traditional tragedy I feel it has feature that separate it from the traditional tragedy‚ but it does have many characteristics of a traditional tragedy. One of the similar characteristics MEDEA and traditional tragedy have in common is the

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    Medea Perhaps the most fascinating and complex character in Greek drama‚ is the of Medea. She is the ultimate combination of heroine‚ villain and victim‚ all displayed in a single play. Medea was married to a Greek named Jason‚ whom she followed from her foreign land‚ to Greece. Her love for Jason was deep‚ and when he elected to leave her to marry the daughter of Creon‚ Medea was furious (Euripides lines 1-24). In retaliation for his strayed affections‚ Medea sent Jason’s bride a poison dress.

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    The famous Greek tragedy Medea‚ by Euripides‚ is about a woman who is so distraught by her ex-husband’s actions that she snaps and commits brutal crimes like killing his new bride and father in law‚ Creon and she even killed her children‚ an act so unthinkable that most people today shutter at the thought of it. People have scrutinized the play for centuries in an attempt to discover Medea’s true motives. Some believe that she is not actually evil‚ just mistreated to the point where she simply would

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    hints of Salinger’s attitudes and experiences are seen throughout the development of Holden Caulfield. Crucial to the profile of JD Salinger are the atrocities he had witnessed in war. In 1950‚ when the novel was finished‚ it was a clear product of catharsis. After all‚ the character of Holden had been

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    Mimesis‚ Catharsis‚ and Pleasure: An Investigation into Aristotle’s Tragic Pleasure Bradley Elicker Temple University Abstract: Aristotle writes the Poetics as an investigation into representational art and‚ more specifically‚ as an investigation into the art form of tragedy. While Aristotle goes into great detail regarding the technical aspects of creating and appreciating a work of tragedy‚ he is somewhat lacking in his descriptions of how tragedy is enjoyed by an audience. Aristotle speaks

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    Catharsis in As You Like It Literature is meant to teach. Its purpose is to shed light upon the soul and offer up the best and worst of humanity. All the stories we read‚ all the characters we relate to and begin to understand‚ they all have a tale to tell and a lesson to be learned. This is precisely what makes literature so vital to the human spirit. It is here that we enter the world of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It ‚ a story set in a fantastical forest. As we follow the true love of Orlando

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