Catharsis creates a reciprocal identification in which the tragic character lives in the spectator and the spectator lives in the character.
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Sympathy
Catharsis creates a reciprocal identification in which the tragic character lives in the spectator and the spectator lives in the character.
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Jiang says Achilles' speech is not merely private grievance; it is also an attempt to win sympathy from the other Greeks and establish his own self-understanding.
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"that oh it's hubris that leads to tragedy and therefore it will make you a much more humble person okay this is what we..."
"...to Agamemnon. But he's also saying this in order to win sympathy for the war. He's saying this from the others as well. Right?..."
"...and they can also recruit foreign fighters and foreign support, foreign sympathy for their cause, okay? So for these reasons, I believe that America..."
"...and they can also recruit foreign fighters and foreign support, foreign sympathy for their cause. Okay? So, for these reasons, I believe that America..."
"...own child, you hit your child accidentally, and then you feel sympathy for your father. Okay? You understand? So, the memory changes according to..."
"...objectively you can better understand yourself the imagination is enlarged by sympathy with pains and passions so mighty that they stand in their conception..."
"...you on behalf of His Majesty's government the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations, which has been submitted to and approved by..."
"...able to kill the president united states because of his common sympathies and that's it okay there are certain problems though okay so this..."
"...person, the superman, is the compassionate monk, the person who feels sympathy for the world, and as such engages in a process of self..."
"...the Zion will, you understand? They have absolutely no compassion, no sympathy for anyone. They believe they are here on a divine mission. They..."
"...Donald Trump is all will, all desire, all ego, and no sympathy, no empathy, no compassion. That's Hitler and Napoleon. Yeah, that's a great..."
"...to the throne, but if the Parliament suspects you have Catholic sympathies, they will replace you with someone else. Parliament has that power. And..."
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