Poetics

Catharsis and the Functions of a Tragedy as Given in Poetics.

Answer: Catharsis is the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. It is a metaphor originally used by Aristotle in the Poetics to describe the effects of tragedy on the spectator. Aristotle believes in teleology, a metaphysical position according to which […]

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