Jul 31, 2024
Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief […] 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 […] 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 […] The actor, by reiterating you, sacrifices a moment of his own life in order to give you a story of yours.
- Anne Carson: Preface to Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
