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To allow art to exist as an escape, then, we must first work toward creating a world in which this is possible. This needs to ...

There are various views about why it is so popular. Many offer a variant of Aristotle’s theory of tragedy, which crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers explains at some length and with satisfying clarity.

Galvan said he thinks the message of the play relates to Aristotle’s belief that tragedy invokes pity and fear. “So even ...

In our own time, rather than fear of death, fear of loss looms large – fear of isolation, humiliation, status; fear of ...

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The temptation of pessimism is real. In the face of what feels like an endless war and an onslaught of propaganda, it is ...

Aristotle appealed to her because he rejected the idea of ... of the kind the audience of a Greek tragedy might experience. Hall likens the feeling to that shared by people who gather to watch ...

F ear stalks the land, including the Upper West Side,” I wrote to a friend the other day. A week before the election, ...

Goldstein opts for the Wikipedia overview. This is a mistake that Aristotle cautioned against in “Poetics.” A strong plot, he ...

The fear and pity Aristotle ascribes to tragedy are the emotions of the spectator. In connection with fear, one of the only characters in Greek tragedy who readily comes to mind is Admetus ...