Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
the death of hope for building home, family, or society on the frontier.
But a new energy enters the scene: Tess, an independent woman who has come
to love Matthew Garth. She stops the fight with a gunshot to get their attention. In
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an emotional climax — a genuine catharsis — she spews up all her feelings about
the two men, and convinces them that their fight is foolish, because they really love
each other. She has changed a deadly physical showdown into an emotional catharsis,
a moment of highest awareness.
A Resurrection showdown is resolved by an emotional catharsis.
Catharsis works best through physical expression of emotions such as
laughter and crying. Sentimental stories can bring an audience to a catharsis of tears
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