Principles of Tragedy: A Rational Examination of the Tragic Concept in Life and Literature

accepted action Aeschylus already appears Aristotle attempt becomes beginning body called cause century characters Christian conceived concept condition considered contains course death desire developed disaster divine doubt drama effect elements ESTRAGON evidence example existence expressed fact failure fall fear feeling final follows force give Godot Greek Greek tragedy Hamlet happiness hero horror human idea Imagination important individual Jocasta kind King later least less lines living look material means mind moral nature never occurred Oedipus original particular Pascal passion perhaps personality Phèdre physical play Poetics position possessed possible present principle probably psychological question realised reason recognition religious remains represented Romantic seems seen sense situation society soul story suffering taken theme theory things thought tion tragedy tragic true truth universe VLADIMIR whole woman writer