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You have the thrust of tragedy a little wrong? The idea of catharsis

Posted by tinear on April 3, 2022 at 08:35:24:
is key; also, the conceit that strengthens the emotional hit is that if someone so powerful is brought low by his or her own all-but-inescapable flaws, what awaits us?
Welles masterwork is about the journey of a passionate young man from wide-eyed optimism and fraternity to an an elderly figure, withdrawn, alone, failed. The poignancy of the fall is made clear only at the very end.