Dionysian

Apollonian vs. Dionysian (Friedrich Nietzsche) What is the difference between Apollonian and Dionysian? The name Apollonian came from the Greek God Apollo, meaning good or obedient. Dionysian came from the Greek God Dionysus, meaning more dark or sensual. “He used the names Apollonian and Dionysian for the two forces because Apollo, as the sun-god, represents light, clarity, and form, whereas Dionysus, as the wine-god, represents drunkenness and ecstasy.” (Leeming) People use these terms to describe

thrive off creativity and disorder. So I ask, how do we make sense of such an unreasonable painting? The answer can be found within the philosophical ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche introduces to readers both the Apollonian force and the Dionysian force is his book The Birth of Tragedy. To be specific,

servant/master relationship and the motif of magic and power to portray that destruction and confliction will result when there is an external or internal imbalance between the disordered Dionysian intoxication and the disciplined Apollonian order. Caliban, who resentfully serves Prospero, represents the impulsive Dionysian servant whom the Apollonian master counteracts. Caliban is out of control, even stating that he wishes to have “violated the honor” of Miranda due to his hate of Prospero. The growing

two aspects of human nature: Apollonian and Dionysian. The Apollonian aspect was the rational side and a desire for serenity, predictability, and orderliness. On the other hand, the Dionysian aspect was the irrational side also known as “barbarian.” This aspect could not express itself without abolishing the individual. An aspect of Freudian psychoanalysis anticipated by Nietzsche was referring to these “barbarian” urges as the id. He stated for Dionysian urges to gain appearance, they need to be altered

would not love to get their minute alone with him. The American people want to hurt him the way he and his followers hurt their fellow Americans, their family. This hunger for vengeance is completely Dionysian and is found in more than one written work.   Electra is saturated with the Dionysian quest for vengeance that prevails also in The Bacchae. It is found again in

Lego Paper The Lego Movie illustrates Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory of the opposing Apollonian and Dionysian impulses. The terms come from two gods of Greek mythology, Apollo and Dionysus. Apollo representing order and stasis and Dionysus representing movement and instinct. In the movie, the opposing impulses are manifested in the free spirited Master Builders and systematic Lord Business. The battle between the Master Builders and Lord Business shows the two impulses in competition, in the end both

Apollonian form in Tadzio, he looks for a Dionysian form. Aschenbach compares Tadzio’s beauty to the Eros. Eros is a Greek god depicted as a beautiful and carefree young man. Eros is the god of love and passionate, physical desire (Cartwright). “Without warning [Eros] selects his targets and forcefully strikes at their hearts, bringing confusion and irrepressible feelings or in the words of Hesiod he ‘loosens the limbs and weakens the mind’” (Cartwright). This Dionysian comparison suggests that Aschenbach

Friedrich Nietzsche believed that art fit into two categories: the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or sometimes a combination of the two. The Apollonian consists of visual art and poetry, while the Dionysian is music and dancing. But lyrical music, or poetry in music form, is a combination of the two. “Revenge of the Dadaists” by The Agonist is this kind of song, as there is emphasis on both the lyrics and the music. Within the lyrics is an indirect description of the wisdom of Silenus and its reversal:

patriarchy, Apollonian and Dionysian. We can better understand the religious behaviors of the different cultures only after we identify the pattern of culture, or traits, each one exhibited. The patterns of culture are associated with the characteristics in the distinction between the gods Apollo and Dionysius. Apollo was the god of light and Dionysius was the god of wine. Therefore, the characteristics are referred to as Apollonian and Dionysian. During the Mesolithic, Dionysian tendencies gave way to

he reveals different sides of himself as the epic poem develops. Representing the struggle between his dominant, selfish, and Dionysian nature as an epic hero and his hidden empathetic Apollonian core, Achilles reveals the mythos of