The Construction of Tragedy

20th century action affairs affirmation Albany Antigone Aristotle art form assumptions audience awareness Cathedral character chorus civilization classical tragedy Claudius code of conduct common mortal Condemned of Altona contemporary relevance Cordelia Cornwall cosmic dimension cosmic imbalance Creon daughter death Denmark deviation dramatic dramatist Edgar edict Edmund England ennoblement father fidelity of correspondence Franz Gloucester Goneril governance Greek Haemon Hamlet harmony Henry Henry's highest energy drive human Johanna Kent kill King Hamlet King Lear Laertes law of primogeniture Leni mean mimesis mode of operation More's move Murder mystic nature old Von Gerlach organic unifier organic universe overall sequence personal dimension philosophy play play's plot political dimension Polonius Polyneices potential prepared material preservation primogeniture raw material Regan relationship reveals role says scientific Seasons sense sequence of events Shakespeare Shakespearean Sidney Morgenbesser spiritual survival T. S. Eliot Teiresias temporal Thebes thou tion tragedian tragic conflict Werner whole