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form that contains both Apollonian and Dionysian characteristics is rap music. Although rap music has been categorized by some as rowdy and to some extent pointless, there are some songs that contain both. Rap music for the most part has a much stronger Dionysian side because of the beat of the music and the aggression of the rapper. Some rap music contains sex, profanity, drugs, etc. which is its dark side or Dionysian element. There is no doubt that the Dionysian side of rap music is more prevalent

Sigumand Freud and Nietzsche: Personalities and The Mind There were two great minds in this century. One such mind was that of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). In the year 1923 he created a new view of the mind. That view encompassed the idea we have split personalities and that each one have their own realm, their own tastes, their own principles upon which they are guided. He called these different personalities the id, ego, and super ego. Each of them are alive and well inside each of our unconscious

order for any cultural epiphany to occur. Judge Brack is the definition of the colossus in Hedda Gabler. He is someone people trust and build up to be an honorable and insightful leader, but in the end he is a vulgar and immoral individual full of Dionysian corruption, and lacking any apollonian qualities. Brack throws frequent stag parties that eventually evolve into wild nights of debauchery. He and the men he invite drink and participate in orgies. While at night he is an unrefined sexual animal

contrasts with the Dionysian, the Greek with the barbarian, the dream with the illusion.” (pg. 643) There are many more examples, but I will spare you the long list. An Apollonian is a relation to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature. A Dionysian is a relation to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature. This evaluation will compare how the two interpret today’s music, cinematics, and art. First, Apollonians and Dionysians hear music in different

subjectivity in The Great Gatsby, a reader (or an audience) may interpret the narrative as they wish. This critical analysis of the novel will focus on two perspectives and view the text through a psychoanalytic lens and proposing an Apollonian and Dionysian interpretation. Sigmund Freud and F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in the same era, hence Freud’s conceptions of personality and psychodynamics could have explicitly influenced Fitzgerald’s literary work. A psychoanalytic attitude towards literature holds

known to him as the “Apollonian” and the “Dionysian.” In the first place we must familiarize ourselves with the Greek god Apollo known to be the god of light and reason. Comparatively, this leads Nietzsche to identify the “Apollonian” way of life humanitarian power represented by means of restraint

choose to carry themselves with behaviors that are either Apollonian or Dionysian, a mixture of both helps find a healthy balance that will let an individual live a life at its full potential without causing damage to oneself or others. Aron and Cal have clashing personalities that create a different environment in their lives and their relationship with their father. Friedrich Nietzsche discussed the Apollonian and Dionysian philosophies in the essay Apollonianism and Dionysianism, by contrasting

placed her in such a lofty position at the end of the play, apparently escaping any justice imposed from an external force or entity. In The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche explained Greek culture as a battle between what he called the Apollonian and Dionysian forces (Campbell 334). The Apollonian, named after the god Apollo, is “order, lawfulness, perfect form, clarity, precision, self-control, and individuation” (Schact). Fiona Jenkins describes it as “an art of the visible: it is linked to the power

elements, however, are not of a movie, but of the past of a society. “The Pueblos of New Mexico”, an essay written by Ruth Benedict talks of these different societies. Dionysian, derived from the Greek god of wine Dionysus, perceives values through “the annihilation of the ordinary bounds and limits of existence” (517). The Dionysian culture holds values that approve recklessness, glorification, states of emotional excess, and a general passion to break through the usual routine of everyday life.

The Apollonian nature of the human seeks to express itself through representations and illusions (such as art), which was regarded as vulgar to the Puritans. The Dionysian seeks to express itself through the performing arts (such as song or dance) (Foster 63-64). This was seen as sinful (one may recall the Salem witch-hunt was started when children were caught dancing in the woods). Brown, growing up Puritan, would