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"Sopranos" wrap-up: "Is this all there is?"
Tony goes off the rails and Christopher follows as "The Sopranos" enters its final chapter
By Heather Havrilesky [2007-05-07]

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    This is the definition of tragedy:

    The philosopher Aristotle theorized in his work The Poetics that tragedy results in a catharsis (emotional cleansing) of healing for the audience through their experience of these emotions in response to the suffering of the characters in the drama. He considers it superior when a character passes from good fortune to bad rather than the reverse; at the time, the term "tragedy" was not yet fixed solely on stories with unhappy endings.

    -- Stellaa
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    Tuesday, May 8, 2007 07:15 AM
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