Read the following passage carefully.
In the study of classical Greek tragedy, traditional scholarship has long posited a linear trajectory of decline regarding the dramatic function of the chorus. According to this view, as playwrights gradually developed more complex psychological profiles for individual characters, the chorus became structurally superfluous. Traditionalists argue that while Aeschylus fully integrated the chorus into the dramatic action—treating it as a collective entity whose fate is inextricably bound to the protagonists—Euripides frequently relegated it to a peripheral role, deploying choral odes merely as musical interludes to divide scenes.
However, recent revisionist scholars challenge this narrative of simple decline. They argue that Euripides did not merely marginalize the chorus; rather, he deliberately repurposed it to achieve a distinct dramatic effect: cognitive dissonance. While an Aeschylean chorus typically reinforces the theological and moral framework of the play's universe, thereby offering the audience a reliable interpretive lens, a Euripidean chorus often contradicts the actions and motivations of the principal characters, or expresses sentiments that are radically detached from the immediate narrative. By introducing this thematic friction, Euripides intentionally alienates the audience. This forces spectators to critically evaluate the characters rather than passively empathizing with them. Consequently, these revisionists maintain that the Euripidean chorus is not a vestigial organ of a dying tradition, but an early mechanism of theatrical alienation that demands active intellectual engagement.
Statement: Based on the arguments of the revisionist scholars described in the passage, it can be inferred that the reliable interpretive lens provided by the Aeschylean chorus is more likely to foster passive emotional empathy in the audience than is the thematic friction utilized by Euripides.
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