#grief lessons: four plays by euripides

[berattelse]

[...] Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible. [...]

Carson, Anne. Preface ("Tragedy: A Curious Art Form") to Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides. New York Review of Books, 2006.

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[wehavewords]

“Grief and rage—you need to contain that, to put a frame around it, where it can play itself out without you or your kin having to die. There is a theory that watching unbearable stories about other people lost in grief and rage is good for you—may cleanse you of your darkness. Do you want to go down to the pits of yourself all alone?”

Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

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[opheliascurse]

The Greek word choros means a dance accompanied by song, also the people who perform the dance. One of the functions of the tragic chorus is to reflect on the action of the play and try to assign it some meaning. They typically turn to the past in their search for the meaning of the present—scanning history and myth for precedent. It was Homer who suggested we stand in time with our backs to the future, face to the past. What if a man turns around? Then the chorus will necessarily fall silent. This story has not happened before. Notice they do not dance again. Let the future begin.

— Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

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[asoftepiloguemylove]

"She... longs to run herself aground in a sad secret death. Is it a god inside you, girl?"

Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

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[mylyy]

Anne Carson, from Grief lessons: Four plays by Euripides.

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[letallthetrashraindown]

Anne Carson, “Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides” / George William Joy, “Sleeping Joan of Arc” / Andrei Tarkovsky / Anne Sexton / “Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian”, Il Sodoma / Caroline Walker Bynum, “The Holy Feast and the Holy Fast” / “St. Denis Picking up His Head”, 19th century Panthéon murals / Margaret Atwood, “Half Hanged Mary”

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[lovely-abeille]

a questionnaire, noor unnahar // haunted womanhood, heather havrilesky // lamb's head on a plate, viggo johansen // citizen illegal, josé olivarez // grief lessons: four plays by euripides; tr., anne carson

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[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Anne Carson (Translator), Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides/ C.S. Lewis

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[loveydive]

The Tragedy of Hayakawa Aki - chainsaw man, tatsuki fujimoto

grief lessons: four plays by euripides, anne carson // chainsaw man, tatsuki fujimoto // deathless, catherynne m. valente // “untitled,” 2016, ink on paper, kara walker // james, clementine von radics // slide tackle, japanese breakfast // how to cure a ghost, fariha róisín // red glove, holly black // the letter, richard paul evans // interview with james hall, richard siken // ptolemaea, ethel cain // iq84, haruki murakami // the godfather, mario puzo // god's silence, franz wright // crush, richard siken // tumblr user ojibwe // when i was done dying, dan deacon

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[luvbug724]

not a girl - ashe vernon // i want you to know that i'm awake / i hope that you're asleep - car seat headrest // asoup on tumblr // gleipnir - walton ford // grief lessons: four plays by euripides - anne carson // us against you - fredrik backman // saint bernard - lincoln // war of the foxed - richard siken // the hunger games - suzanne collins // belovéd - yves olade // dishes in the sink by david showalter // rbhvelo on tumblr // crime and punishment - fyodor dostoevsky // the oresteia - aeschylus // birds hover the trampled field - richard siken // the torn-up road - richard siken // how simple - hop along // beach life-in-death - car seat headrest // study of a man - thomas couture // september affirmation (don't be afraid) - keaton st. james

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[berattelse]

Grief and rage -- you need to contain that, to put a frame around it, where it can play itself out without you or your kin having to die. there is a theory that watching unbearable stories about other people lost in grief and rage is good for you -- may cleanse you of your darkness. Do you want to go down to the pits of yourself all alone? Not much. What if an actor could do it for you? Isn't that why they are called actors? They act for you. You sacrifice them to action. And this sacrifice is a mode of deepest intimacy of you with your own life. Within it you watch [yourself] act out the present or possible organization of your nature. You can be aware of your own awareness of this nature as you never are at the moment of experience. The actor, by reiterating you, sacrifices a moment of his own life in order to give you a story of yours.

Carson, Anne. Preface ("Tragedy: A Curious Art Form") to Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides. New York Review of Books, 2006.

#anne carson #euripides #grief lessons #grief lessons: four plays by euripides #excerpts #prose #*

[wehavewords]

“Grief and rage—you need to contain that, to put a frame around it, where it can play itself out without you or your kin having to die. There is a theory that watching unbearable stories about other people lost in grief and rage is good for you—may cleanse you of your darkness. Do you want to go down to the pits of yourself all alone? Not much. What if an actor could do it for you? Isn't that why they are called actors? They act for you. You sacrifice them to action. And this sacrifice is a mode of deepest intimacy of you with your own life. Within it you watch [yourself] act out the present or possible organization of your nature. You can be aware of your own awareness of this nature as you never are at the moment of experience. The actor, by reiterating you, sacrifices a moment of his own life in order to give you a story of yours.”

Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

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[opheliascurse]

Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief. Ask a headhunter why he cuts off human heads. He’ll say that rage impels him and rage is born of grief. The act of severing and tossing away the victim’s head enables him to throw away the anger of all of his bereavements. Perhaps you think this does not apply to you. Yet you recall the day your wife, driving you to your mother’s funeral, turned left instead of right at the intersection and you had to scream at her so loud other drivers turned to look. When you tore off her head and threw it out the window they nodded, changed gears, and drove away.

— Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

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[asoftepiloguemylove]

"Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief."

Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

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[lunamonchtuna]

— Euripides, tr. by Anne Carson, from Alkestis; "Grief Lessons: Four Plays,"

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[daweyt]

A FATHER IS AN UNNAMEABLE THING.

Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides // Frank Bidart, Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016; ‘Golden State’ // Agustín Gómez-Arcos, The Carnivorous Lamb //Desireé Dallagiacomo, Origin Story // Ilya Repin, Ivan The Terrible and His Son // Francisco de Goya Saturn Devouring His Son // Ocean Vuong, Someday I'll Love // Catherine Lacey, Cut // Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also A Star.

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