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... metaphysical preoccupa- tions , yet always without providing certain answers . Peer achieves no clear triumph ; neither is he irredeemably con- demned . His final value is as much subject to doubt as that of all those about him - the ...
... metaphysical preoccupa- tions , yet always without providing certain answers . Peer achieves no clear triumph ; neither is he irredeemably con- demned . His final value is as much subject to doubt as that of all those about him - the ...
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... metaphysical and the naturalistic interpretations of life , Ibsen seems to pause and find the perfect “ objective correlative " for all that he has so far implied : an old woman - destitute , terrified , and alone - lies dying . Her son ...
... metaphysical and the naturalistic interpretations of life , Ibsen seems to pause and find the perfect “ objective correlative " for all that he has so far implied : an old woman - destitute , terrified , and alone - lies dying . Her son ...
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... metaphysical , have reverberations which echo the profundities of the sacrifice motif in Greek and Shakes- pearian tragedy : The act of sacrificing another person to oneself , and the act of sacrific- ing oneself to another , are both ...
... metaphysical , have reverberations which echo the profundities of the sacrifice motif in Greek and Shakes- pearian tragedy : The act of sacrificing another person to oneself , and the act of sacrific- ing oneself to another , are both ...
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