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From a state of splendid spontaneity man lapses , not into sin , but into civilization , and his tragic destiny is to be forced to be something other than what he innately is something spurious and distorted rather than genuine and ...
From a state of splendid spontaneity man lapses , not into sin , but into civilization , and his tragic destiny is to be forced to be something other than what he innately is something spurious and distorted rather than genuine and ...
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This procrustean containment of the human spirit is the perennial subject matter of tragic drama - " ... d'ailleurs l'action tragique n'a jamais consisté depuis la naissance de la tragédie qu'à projeter la fatalité sur un être choisi ...
This procrustean containment of the human spirit is the perennial subject matter of tragic drama - " ... d'ailleurs l'action tragique n'a jamais consisté depuis la naissance de la tragédie qu'à projeter la fatalité sur un être choisi ...
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Giraudoux envisaged two ways of responding to this predicament - the fantastical and the tragic . One can simply deny civilization like Mme . Aurélie , the mad woman of Chaillot , or like Hans , who fell in love with the mermaid Ondine ...
Giraudoux envisaged two ways of responding to this predicament - the fantastical and the tragic . One can simply deny civilization like Mme . Aurélie , the mad woman of Chaillot , or like Hans , who fell in love with the mermaid Ondine ...
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A Myth Dream and Night mare in | 1 |
Mindscripts | 21 |
The Exoneration of Oedipus | 37 |
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