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    her to also sever all relationships with her family and friends. Upon hearing the Nurse advise her to forget Romeo and marry Paris‚ Juliet responds with "Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain.” ( 3.5.252) Secondly‚ a tragic hero produces catharsis‚ an emotional purging at the end of the play‚ in the audience. When Romeo and Juliet find out their love is unacceptable‚ we cry for the unfairness of life. As well as the many deaths that happened between the two families‚ we also cry for the tragic

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    Catharsis‚ Rumination‚ Distraction‚ Anger‚ and Aggressive Responding” by Brad J. Bushman explains the difference between two major theories; Catharsis and Cognitive Neoassociation. Catharsis theory believes expressing anger will produce a positive improvement in one’s psychological state. Sigmund Freud thought building up unnecessary negative emotions

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    impulse created by an inner need whereby frustration causes aggression and this forms a cycle where continued aggression leads to more frustration and then further aggression and onwards Bandura‚ 1978). In other words‚ there is need to expel or “catharsis” the frustrations from time to time or this manifest as bursts of aggression. Frustration results from the gap between expectations and achievements (Bandura‚ 1978). Other researchers have subsequently determined that apart from frustration‚ other

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    Medea and Oedipus the King were and remain masterpieces of the Western literary patrimony. These tragedies gave rise to strong emotional releases of fear and pity. Because of this catharsis‚ it induced important philosophical reasoning. The main concern was whether or not it damaged the individual mind. The central figures in this debate were Plato and Aristotle. Paradoxically‚ it is difficult to navigate in the rivers of human drama without being splashed by feeling of fear and pity. The central

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    question whether the ending gratifies the audience and does it actually create a satisfactory dramatic catharsis? Aristotle first discussed the concept of catharsis. He believed that “the poet’s aim is to produce pleasure in the spectator by eliciting from the representation the emotions of pity (for others) and fear (for oneself)”. I believe ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ creates a satisfactory dramatic catharsis by Shakespeare intertwining Elizabethan comedic conventions with other forms of comedy in order

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    neighbors all because of one group of girl’s ability to lie. Through Aristotle’s definition of what a tragedy in literature is; The Crucible can be easily defined as being a one with its tragic hero being portrayed through John Proctor‚ the feeling of catharsis‚ and the seriousness of the overall play. John Proctor is a perfect example of a tragic hero. John comes from a high position in society‚ has a tragic flaw‚ goes through reversal of fortune‚ and has an epiphany. John comes from a high position

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    introduced the variation on Aristotelian tragic form that became identified as Elizabethan tragedy and Shakespearean tragedy. The most significant difference from Aristotelian tragedy is that the hero errs so severely that the only true Aristotelian catharsis (which was geared at a logical and reasonable conclusion to the tragedy) can be the hero’s death‚ whereas in Aristotelian theory‚ it is acceptable for the hero to be suitably punished and/or exiled. The play is considered to be less than exemplary

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    were usually based on the concepts outlined in The Poetics of Aristotle‚ a document in which Aristotle describes the guidelines for writing plays. One of the necessities that Aristotle describes in order to have a good tragedy is the presence of catharsis‚ the relief of emotions by a piece of art (Else‚ 14). Euripides along with the UTSC production conveys the post-war surroundings of extreme suffering and torment as well as depictions of the gods‚ mainly through Hecabe‚ the widow of the Troy’s King

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    com/human/your-brain-on-horror-movies-120713.htm http://www.livescience.com/4273-love-scared.html http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/why-do-some-brains-enjoy-fear/280938/ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/25/why-our-brains-love-horror-movies-fear-catharsis-a-sense-of-doom.html Monique Williams Research proposal Proposal: I plan to research the effects scary movies have on the human body and psyche‚ as well as why people enjoy them as form of entertainment. I chose this topic because I have enjoyed

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