Scheff suggests that ritual provides catharsis, emotional purging, through distancing. Brecht thought that the experience of a climactic catharsis of emotion left an audience complacent. This was a purification ritual, a form of societal catharsis. In "Poetics", Aristotle discusses many key concepts of drama, such as anagnorisis and catharsis. Expressive writing is another common mechanism for catharsis. The protagonist struggles to reach some sort of [[catharsis]] on his childhood feelings. There has been much debate about the use of catharsis in the reduction of anger. Oliver Sykes' lyrics have a strong feeling of catharsis for him. Sykes' lyrics have a strong feeling of catharsis for him. Girard likewise discusses the connection between catharsis, sacrifice, and purification. O'Barr's own hope that his project would result in a personal catharsis went unfulfilled. The film did not provide me with fulfillment or a catharsis . . . It is often discussed along with Aristotle's concept of catharsis. A kind of catharsis bordering on therapy results. He seems to be going through some sort of catharsis in public.