1. Name: Mansi D Rajyaguru
Roll no 12
Sem 3
Dept of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavanagar University
Bhavnagar

2. Meaning of Catharsis

3. Purgation
The purification or
cleansing of someone or
something.

4. Catharsis as “moderating” or
“tempering” of passions.
• Self Pity
• Fear
• Catharsis is converted/ fulfillment to satisfied.

5. Literature
Society Psychology

6. Aristotle defines Tragedy

7. Examples
• In the Greek mythologies they believe that a
person’s fate and personal flaws bring on the
tragedy, and no amount of prevention can let
a man escape his fate.
This brings to mind two tragic plays - Hamlet
and Oedipus Rex.

8. Thank you