Tag Catharsis

Reflections on catharsis as the purification of the soul — from Greek tragedy to the spiritual drama of humanity in search of meaning and transcendence.

The Theatre of Salvation and the Tragic Structure of the Rich Young Man between Aristotle, Campbell, and Stanislavski

To begin this essay, I needed to draw on a few concepts and authors, attempting to bring this context closer to the human drama. Thus, my aim here is not to produce a theological essay but, as a novelist, to assess the text of the Gospel of Matthew 19 and from there try to approach the drama suffered by the rich young man upon receiving Christ’s words.