Dissonance, Discord, Sublimation

Dissonance, as constituted by a certain balance between Repulsion and Attraction, is not to be confused with Discord, in which Repulsion predominates over Attraction.  So, Repression, as a reaction to Discord, can be analyzed as a predominance of Attraction over Repulsion.  An alternative reaction is one that achieves the compresence of antagonistic components, and this is what Wagner accomplishes with his expansion of the traditional sonic palette.  But Dissonance is a compresence of antagonistic components.  Hence, Wagner's innovation can be conceived as illustrating that Dissonance is the sublimation of Discord.