What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.
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French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.
The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really.

