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tragedy noun accident, adversity, affliction, bale, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, doom, dreadful event, fatal affair, hardship, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, reverse, sorrow, tragoedia, woe See also: adversity, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, fatality, misfortune How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It's a fine introduction to The Iliad and the Greek tragedies. Through comparisons with the classical Greek tragedies, Brant sheds light on the unique Johannine presentation of Jesus. Only in the Greek tragedies, those that refuse to present the enigmas of human existence in the form of a "morality play," do we find ourselves confronted with a world of irreconcilable oppositions, what Nietzsche comes to call the realm "beyond good and evil. |
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