Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification w…

Richard Wright
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Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the characters, but it can also be a consoling reassurance which leads us to believe that we have understood, and that, in pitying, we have even done something to right a wrong. ✨ Richard Wright (1957). Native Son, p.393, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
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