Catharsis and Education

Aristotle thought that it's part of being a virtuous person that you feel the right sorts of emotions towards the right objects to the right degree at the right times. That seems to be an obvious alternative to the way Bernays develops the purgation interpretation. Lastly, there is the view that catharsis is a kind of clarification or education of the emotions. And that seems to offer a rather clear response to Plato.