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... murder was ordered by the other family . An open feud develops . Jeronimus , a common friend of the two families , is killed while attempt- ing to reconcile their differences , because each one believes him the instrument of the ...
... murder was ordered by the other family . An open feud develops . Jeronimus , a common friend of the two families , is killed while attempt- ing to reconcile their differences , because each one believes him the instrument of the ...
Page 57
... murdered a beloved man , although he * me as an enemy of her people ; and she would thereby be driven into en deeper solitude and dejection than that she had experienced after murder of Phrixus . Torn between two evils , she saves Jason ...
... murdered a beloved man , although he * me as an enemy of her people ; and she would thereby be driven into en deeper solitude and dejection than that she had experienced after murder of Phrixus . Torn between two evils , she saves Jason ...
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... murder does not strike us as a wicked deed , but as a catastrophe of nature which had to overtake any man so oppressed and inhibited within the fatal sphere of his most primitive desires . The somberness of the atmosphere is emphasized ...
... murder does not strike us as a wicked deed , but as a catastrophe of nature which had to overtake any man so oppressed and inhibited within the fatal sphere of his most primitive desires . The somberness of the atmosphere is emphasized ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE HERITAGE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 7 |
THE CULMINATION OF IDEALISM IN THE EARLY | 15 |
Copyright | |
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absolute action active Agnes Bernauer artistic attitude becomes belief Blanka catastrophe causality character complete conception concrete conflict consciousness dasz death decision degeneration demands Der fliegende Holländer desire despair Die Familie Schroffenstein disillusionment drama egotistic emotional energies environment essentially esthetic evolution evolutionary process existence experience expression fate fight final freedom Grabbe Grabbe's Grillparzer Grillparzer's guilt Gyges harmony Hebbel higher historical human Ibsen idea ideal idealistic individual inner instincts interpretation John Gabriel Borkman Kandaules Kleist's Leben live Lohengrin Ludwig Maria Magdalene Mariamne marriage materialistic meaning ment metaphysical mind moral motivation murder nature norms organic Otto Ludwig Parsifal passion Penthesilea philosophy prince-elector principle problem rational realistic reality realization reason relation responsible romantic sacrifice Schiller's Schopenhauer sensual situation spite stage striving symbol sympathetic sympathy Tannhäuser tendencies tion tradition tragedy tragic transcend Tristan und Isolde truth vitality Wagner Welt world view Woyzeck