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Introduced with epiphany as Greek tragedy's purgative emotional effect; the fuller explanation continues beyond this focus packet.
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Introduced with epiphany as Greek tragedy's purgative emotional effect; the fuller explanation continues beyond this focus packet. The purging of emotion through tragic identification: crying out hubris, hatred, and other feelings so one becomes whole and connected to the character.
Greek tragedy operates through epiphany and catharsis: spectators see hubris destroy tragic figures and are moved toward humility.
Jiang defines catharsis as the purging of feelings such as hubris and hatred through tears, leaving the person more whole.
Catharsis creates a reciprocal identification in which the tragic character lives in the spectator and the spectator lives in the character.
"...okay so the idea of greek tragedy is um epiphany and catharsis so if you look at uh greek tragedy there's a very common..."
"...a connection with that person you cry and this leads to catharsis okay catharsis is basically purge whatever feelings that you have you cry..."
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