Words like hubris (head-spinning pride) and catharsis (purgation by pity and terror) begin to assume a certain noble abstractness.
The "four haunted Tyrones," as O'Neill renamed his family, establish a tension of rage and apology, followed by purgation in four self-revelatory monologues.
A tale of men suffering from the soul-sickness of despair, the film is a masterpiece of tedium, a parable of purgation.
Morning Minutes, April 7 catharsis kuh-THAHR-seez noun; the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music. Medicine/Medical. purgation.
April 7, 2014 - Hope Star