Anger and other emotions in T. Malicks’ Tree of life
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17851/1983-3636.11.2.71-82Keywords:
Tree of life, Terrence Malick, Aristotle, Rhetoric, emotionsAbstract
This text discusses Malick’s Tree of life (2011), approaching its fragmentary composition and the world views of its main characters by means of Aristotle’s theory on emotions developed in his Rhetoric. It is argued that its definition of anger is particularly relevant for the film in question.
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