... this opposition as similar to "the duality of the sexes, involving perpetual strife with only periodically intervening reconciliations."" He is saying here that as men and women must come together to procreate, the opposing gods of art, too, come together to form "an equally Dionysian and Apollonian form ... Art is another depiction of waking life and therefore to a "mere appearance of mere appearance,"" and it is this link with the dreaming state that makes art so compelling and gives us redemption through illusion. (Cockburn; Nietzsche 44,45). However, though this Apollonian art redeem...

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... theater performed plays there is always a director behind the story. Great writers and philosophers such as Aristotle, Socrates, Nietzsche, Sophocles, and Shakespeare have paved the way for many imaginative play writers and authors to this day. There is something that drives every writer, something within them that creates their plays based on tragedies in their own lives or satirical writings to have ... every aspect. Dionysus is the God of wine, epiphany, ecstasy. Dionysus actions are based on primarily emotion, sensuality, and chaotic action. He possesses the ability of forgiveness an...

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