Apollo And Dionysus

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I enjoyed reading The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche. In this reading Nietzsche focuses on the aspect of fundamental duality. The focus of this is Apollo and Dionysus, and they represent two separate art-worlds of dreams and intoxication. According to Nietzsche, Apollo is the ruler over the illusion of the inner world and fantasy. Apollonian art had a certain restraint and gave observers a freedom from their erratic emotions. This art provided relief and comfort and was the basis of analytic distinctions. Apollonian art represented a man’s character. However, Dionysian art breaks down a man’s character. This art represented primordial unity through ecstasy. Dionysian art is in both dreams and ecstasies, and the focus of this art is

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