• Catharsis. - The purgation or purification of pity and fear in tragedies is known as Catharsis. - অর্থাৎ, এটি সাধারণত Drama এবং Tragedy এর সাথে সম্পর্কিত। - Catharsis - যার অর্থ আবেগমুক্তি। - A dramatic presentation of suffering or death arouses pity and fear in the spectators to such an extent that, they after watching such scenes, feel relieved of those harmful emotions. - Catharsis, meaning “cleansing” in Greek, refers to a literary theory first developed by the philosopher Aristotle, who believed that cleansing our emotions was the purpose of a good story, especially a tragedy.
Source: An ABC of English Literature by Dr M Mofizar Rahman.