Weds. 4/16/14

Today in class we did the following:

1. OAKS writing
2. Discussed Reinert and Hamilton


HW: Do "active reading" of Nietzsche and create a compare/contrast chart for Nietzsche's treatment of tragedy and EITHER Hamilton's or Reinert's.

Similarities:
-Both deal with struggling against external forces
-Man is vulnerable to the powers of the world
-Value dignity

Differences:
-Reinart generalizes the experience of tragedy whereas Hamilton examines the process.
-Reinart deals with an individual's struggle despite hopelessness of the world whereas Hamilton asserts that tragedy is more than the struggle-- tragedy is also the capacity for suffering.
-Reinart focuses on man's desire to overcome obstacles whereas Hamilton examines the human soul.
-Reinart: dignity comes from pushing limits; Hamilton: "dignity of a soul in anguish".
-Reinart externalizes "forces of evil" and Hamilton conveys sympathy for antagonists.