... distinctions to its roots in Apollinian clarity. Using a controlled system of meaning to convey a story, the medium uses the beauty of an illusion to relate a story that appeals to the rational side of our mind. The lyrical poem is Dionysian in its revels that grew out of the excitement of music. Music was initially Apollonian with "Doric architectonics in sound" (Nietzsche ... the Dionysian and Apollonian factors serve to define and to perpetuate the other. The Dionysiac chorus and audience are informed by Apollinian representations of actors in dramatic scenes (of controlled expressio...

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