Tragic Psychology

Author: Zhu Guangqian
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Publish Date: 1996-09-01
Features: Drama had also captivated me, with all the characters in the plays embodying images of my suffering and images that ignited the flames of my desires. No one enjoys enduring hardships, yet why do people love to watch tragic scenes? They delight in feeling compassion as spectators towards such scenes, and it is precisely this compassion that constitutes their pleasure. What is this but a tragic madness? Because the more deeply a person is moved by tragic plots, the harder it becomes to break free from their control.