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... existence . The same paradoxes underlie both plays : Tamburlaine's or Caligula's will is as peremptory and arbitrary as fate ; but that fate , by definition , in turn victimizes its executor . This paradox joins with the disparities ...
... existence . The same paradoxes underlie both plays : Tamburlaine's or Caligula's will is as peremptory and arbitrary as fate ; but that fate , by definition , in turn victimizes its executor . This paradox joins with the disparities ...
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... existence is the logical and systematic manner in which he recreates the absurd . “ J'ai décidé d'être logique . " he warns , " J'exterminerai les contradicteurs et les contradictions " ( 22f ) . Caligula fails at logic as well as existence ...
... existence is the logical and systematic manner in which he recreates the absurd . “ J'ai décidé d'être logique . " he warns , " J'exterminerai les contradicteurs et les contradictions " ( 22f ) . Caligula fails at logic as well as existence ...
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... existence . Dissatisfied with absolute earth- ly power , their two protagonists challenge the heavens and become gods . Yet both must die from something indigenous to human nature -Tamburlaine from a fatal illness , Caligula from men's ...
... existence . Dissatisfied with absolute earth- ly power , their two protagonists challenge the heavens and become gods . Yet both must die from something indigenous to human nature -Tamburlaine from a fatal illness , Caligula from men's ...
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