Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-25
THE TRAGIC IDEAL.
roos on the Clark Dramatic Recifals.
-. me pcsore News by Prof. J. H. Paul President Of
Written lor Wv rho Latter.day Saints Cnversiiy.


he 'Sle ',,ss IT, and the address OF !. q
,eus' iAous", sets US to thinking on
pia'r'HlIln1.or . which are the most ., VI.
bose problems s,aS represent the real issues
ID nd N'''"
q lie ,.,s series OF splendid
Poi y "nder the name o. drama y, :
rrly'l ., sr' to our public during s me n,
recli'i', ,, s'' will be remembered Os
psi ia' ," Of this community as !. one On .
be h'',a" ., .,periences in acqulr'hs '"s
diA'l o =, I,srning and genius applied ps''
sslli u criticism. These lectures
. i'' ,,nIy scientific. have oeen p0p p'n.
VhNs IVY ,Ss extent Of bringing 'he
hdIsd " :, ,be prolonged and thorough eS ~
aSlag, o. ~. 'at men. within the reacn Oh y
taiy Of gea an =" At least approve ana
bee S nv conclusions OF scnola oS sl
admire .1S myuriate, as II were, anu ea y,
VILE lne' , ,c beneath the lnIiuellce oi
rad ahd H., ,,. ,bat illuminates aad en-
w. tb,Ir own ideals. >o
Ti'' INFLUENCE INF OF MIND ,o..
vas this strong inilu-
Ms,e lind on mind more notleeaole
ins = \. NE professors eluclaat'oi ,ho ~
han u u' 9sol OF the dramatist-lnat
BE- tTagE 1 'lS the heroism OF great
VA T",nItssis itself in me ooi lTsl%s
~ g'', NM It's untoyorable environ !,
mTsse 7 si' ane piece Of work was, 10
n'H'ss iI rSsrltons phrase. "a picture
W WIZ .o Sr and a sermon all unit.
s' 4, as Tennyson more oe''
,i,tes such a situation
ia, dapghts can equal those
~ ~, mn the spirits inward , uceps M,
v ~ one that loves pu' A'''"' "''
Raps ,toyas and knows
A GREAT SERMON
IN. IN listening TO the profess
aa' ssoSTSrebenaye exposition OF me
Ns V KAN went away feeling INA,
r's, ' Ss,ned something-that he had
J lal - one Of the most powerful
lA. wv, besIdes acquiring the view.
ssr1d Inc dramatic critic IN tle s'uuy
E'1 ., " ~ tragedy. And herein as II
W. ~ me The scholar has told US
y Nv. .,, 70 and has given us his IDEAL
ys,' IVA We know Why, in his Judgment
y, NV meat dramatists have written. anu
W s,N understand something OF the
W ~ new are aiming to teach
FsI s,usre that an erroneous impress
-, I sss zone out by reason Of the pro-
,.,sor. emphatic portrayal OF the trag.
|, IA The impression, namely
-, ,ssSedy alone deserves the name
!, ,lt.,amre in lis highest sense, ana
~, ANYTHING short OF tragedy cannot
..'s,l me deals OF the great writer's
\, M, ,s,o,nt Of the limitation of the pro-
s,,sf, time when ] mentioned the
r,tsr 10 him, there was not opportu,,
NV IA Near his Views at lensthi and
,S,,store submit the following In order
N, NJ may n he will, indicate any
XII ., error he may observe herein
!, T,y remark whether or not these
,,op,b,. truly coincide with his teach
nd He has assured US that litera-
m, 4 criticism Of life, nay more that
4 M, Itself and what constitutes
mi niece Of writing literature Is the
s,sly that Inheres IN it-that indelina-
omethIng which lifts the production
d, d the commonplace and gives
Ne attributes OF an artistic
ralon II Il lacks the
4, d,nsnt Of beauty, It may without
slrg literature still be fact, as his
sy OF biography or science, etc
BEAUTY is THE TEST.
Bagty then. Is the soul Of literature
NJ Truly as II Is also OF painting and
sslgure, but the highest forms OF
tlu,y are the qualities OF the human
s.A OF character Therefore that
literature will be the highest which
Deals sucCessiullyl with the things
nat truly beautIful--the attributes o.
HI human spirit. But the human soul
~ character, Is best revealed In tryinl
sigatINs-in tragedy II you will
Therefore the tragic ideal is Tor, a
aS, Is likely TO bel the highest actua
lom Of literary art that We possess
Not necessarily the highest potentia
i'rr, FOR there may be found situations
ehs than tragic ones which may re
val The highest possible Of the powers
" majesty the nobility, IN a word
~ beauty. Of that most nobly beauti
~ AL things, the human soul. It Il
ns nan rather than his fate that liter
NJ an wives TO represent. His fat,
m'Iey the accident that reveal
nm The perfect plot, the conslsten
aN Striking development, the perfec
.n q Inc treatment, the truth beau
v o. the words, the lines, tn
I0Enh, the situations what are al
w Oll Inc means, the machinery
WERE for revealing the man?
. .. suCh labor such pains, on tn
m d me author anything less tbar
nN Is brought forth, we think IN
, -, 'alls short OF the preparation
\. ~. We remark that the mountain ha
-'"N and has brought forth nous,
NAN is THE THEME.
, wv, .le only reason, as take Il. VIII
49, 49, Is 50 frequently chosen as tn
~ 'o' lhls purpose, Is that, as