Posted by scott sanders on July 20, 19100 at 15:09:11:

In Reply to: Re: istance requested (please, no unintelligent answers) posted by dominic cranney on January 19, 19100 at 15:14:21:

: : We are currently reading the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in my English cl. We have an ignment to connect the theories of Apollonianism and Dyonisianism to the actions of Raskolnikov or other characters in the novel. Those who have intelligent insight that they dont mind having quoted in a 5 page paper, please contact me at Trane444@aol.com.
: : Your help is requested and greatly appreciated.
: : Thanks again,
: : Logan Keese
: HI logan
: Great to see you reading a fine work.
: And wanting help with a yet more confused and complex work The birth.Well having read both I think I can suggest some interpretation.I find that The birth of tragedy is coupling of the Appolininan and Dionysian.In that the appollinian is to be linked with the scientific,rational and most important to Nietszche the hiding from reality.The appollinian is a redemption through illusion I think what Nietszche wants to explain is the irrational(Dionysian) that came from the greek civilisation. The highest civilisation to have existed for Nietszche.He sees that dionysian is an intoxication a seeing into the abyss.The living with the very terror of life.But this needs a mask the appollinian just as the Appollinian needs the dionysian.Raskolnikov himself looks into the abyss.
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Hello Logan, in my opinon, the true world is that of Appollinian and the illusion is that of Dionysian. Appollinian being the world that is in some beliefs true, to some who believe in truth, and Dionysian being the "mask" or so the apparent world to which we live in and more or less make to our satisfaction, but only in some situations. Hope this helps, even know it is opinonated and biased to the point of view of an anti-realist.

scott

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