According to Aristotle, What Made Oedipus Rex and Medea Great

question 48

Multiple Choice

According to Aristotle, what made Oedipus Rex and Medea great works of art was that

• A)they were outstanding examples of the Dionysian type of art.
• B)they made us aware of the gap between the transcendent reality of the forms of beauty and goodness and the real world.
• C)their characters and plots effectively evoked and cleansed their audiences of basic emotions such as fear and pity.
• D)they taught people that the material world was passing away and so was of little value.

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Definitions:

Imagined Or Real Inferiorities

Perceptions or beliefs of being less capable, worthy, or valuable compared to others, regardless of their factual basis.

Adler

Refers to Alfred Adler, an Austrian medical doctor and psychotherapist, known for his contributions to psychology with the theory of individual psychology.

Behaviorists

Psychologists who study and theorize about human and animal behavior through observable actions, often dismissing internal processes.

Fixated

An obsessive interest or attachment to someone or something.