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It is our conclusion that the hero and the Chorus are projections of the audience's attitudes. When these two dramatic elements are analyzed, we understand the audience. We find that the hero is a collective ego, growing out of the psychology of the individual, and created to perform deeds which a community would like to perform but which are forbidden to it. Likewise, the Chorus is created to express attitudes which
reflect the moral censure and the restrictions which a community must impose upon the individual. Therefore, whatever holds true for the hero as an individual, for the Chorus as a community, and for the relationship which exists between them, holds true for the audience. The hero and the Chorus are dramatic representations of the audience.