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    Challenges→The theatre experience involves active participation by the audience.

    Aristotle's concept of catharsis frames the audience as passive recipients of emotional purgation initiated by the dramatic action itself.

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    • 1.Aristotle emphasizes that catharsis results from the plot's structure, not spectator choice, indicating passive emotional response.
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    • 2.The Poetics describes catharsis as an effect *produced* on audiences, suggesting an external force acting upon them.
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    • 3.Greek theatrical conventions minimized audience interaction, supporting a model where drama acts upon rather than with viewers.
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    • 1.Catharsis requires audience recognition of dramatic elements—an active cognitive process, not passive reception.
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    • 2.Audiences selectively identify with characters based on personal values, making emotional response an active interpretive choice.
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    • 3.Aristotle's text is fragmentary and ambiguous; 'passivity' may reflect translation bias rather than his original intent.
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