just the formal qualities make it good art‚ for example Jackson Pollock‚ his work is based on lines and colours and is valued very highly‚ therefore content is irellevant. However the view that art should be valued for its expressive qualities or catharsis as Aristotle called it; the emotional purging and cleansing. He believed people watched tragedies to make themselves emotional and upset but in a way happy‚ as they then have purged any negative emotion they had. If art was merely something that
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a small-ish local show since the theater was about less than half the size of our little theater and the ticket sales woman was surprised when we said we weren’t there for anyone. Since it was mostly actors friends and family there was a lot of catharsis throughout the show. The audience had sort of warmed up though since there was improv before and some
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Traitor is a 2008 first-run movie starring two A-list actors (Guy Pearce and Don Cheadle). The film tells the story of an FBI agent (Roy Clayton) that throughout the movie his main goal is to stop a terrorism plot that is threatening the life of citizens of the United States. The H.A.R.M. Theory is introduced through the use of prototypes and archetypes to alter the viewer’s insight of reality. By revealing details about the life of Samir and Agent Clayton‚ the filmmakers are able to create character
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“History is a dynamic heritage haunting a people to the bone‚ and it can all pour out‚ with its full range of pain and triumph and mystery‚ at any time‚ anywhere‚ in any humble voice”(The New York Times)A huge similarity between “The Piano Lesson” and “Fences” is that both plays stick primarily to the same setting. Each play has a lot to do with what is going on around them. In “Fences‚” the characters express a constant need to break free from the past because they act as anchors holding them
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Why is that? Stephen King‚ the author of “Why We Crave Horror Movies”‚ argues that young people watch horror films because they want to experience certain emotions; for example‚ catharsis—the purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions‚ especially through certain kinds of art. We humans are exposed to catharsis when watching horror films. In other words‚ horror films help to release uncivilized emotions and find a psychological balance in life. Furthermore‚ Asma writes‚ “Beyond simple sensations
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with a tragic flaw and is also a tragic hero. A tragic hero has many distinctive characteristics such as nobility and hubris. A tragic hero also has a fatal flaw‚ experiences tragic things‚ falls and is destroyed‚ and at the end of a play there is catharsis. John Proctor had a mixture of good and bad characteristics. His bad characteristics included having an affair with a girl named Abigail who used to work for him. However‚ some yet argue if he was an Aristotelian character or not. At the time of
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women in the play. 3) Analyze the use of dramatic irony in the play. 4) Analyze the opening soliloquy in Richard III. 5) Which is Richard ’s hamartia? When does it occur? 6) Where do you find the climax of the play? 7) Where do you find the catharsis and where the anagnorisis? 1) Richard III: hero or villain. In order to analyze if Richard III is a hero or a villain‚ it is necessary to first comprehend both words. On one hand‚ a hero or heroine‚ according to the Dictionary of Literary
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Each film has a distinct purpose associated with it. Whether this purpose is as simple as teaching children a valuable lesson or as complex as criticizing a society ’s barriers‚ there are explicit goals which must be discerningly conveyed. There are specific elements to filmmaking which are designed to contribute to the goals set forth when making a film. Such elements include what would be considered "aesthetics of astonishment‚" or striking images‚ editing conflict and other techniques associated
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In Shakespeare’s plays Othello and Macbeth the audience is presented with two great heroes who both poses a certain character flaw that inevitably leads to their downfall. This is the idea behind a tragic hero; a person of great importance comes to a tragic end because of a serious flaw in his character. Both Othello and Macbeth find themselves on top of the world one moment and being crushed beneath it the next. The next logical comparison to make between two of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes is who
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AP Psychology Study Guide Ch. 16 1. What is social psychology? 2. What is social cognition? 3. What is a self-fulfilling prophecy? How does it affect self-expectations? 4. What self-concept (self-schema)? How is it referred to self-esteem? 5. What are factors that people take into consideration when evaluating their self-esteem? 6. What is a reference group? 7. What is an attitude? What are its components? 8. What is cognitive dissonance? How did Leon Festinger demonstrate
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