The Great Poets and the Meaning of Life

A. C. Bradley A. E. Housman Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Aeschylus affirm Agamemnon ancient Athens battle beauty believed Bible blood centuries character Clytemnestra Comedy Dante Dante's death deed destiny divine Divine Comedy drama dramatist earth emotions epic eternal evil experience expression faith fate feel genius Georgics give glory gods Greek Hamlet heart heaven Hebrew hell hero heroic Homer honor human Iago ideal Iliad imagination immortal King Latin light literature living lofty Lucretius Macbeth meaning ment mind mood moral nature Odyssey Oresteia Othello passion peace philosophy play poem poet poet's poetic poetry prophets Prospero purpose reader reconciliation religion retribution reveal Roman Rome Scriptures sense Shakespeare shining sonnet soul spirit story suffering supreme Testament theme things thou thought Thyestes tion tragedy tragic translation Trojan War truth universe utter valor verse victory Virgil virtue vision wisdom words wrath Zeus