The Tragedy of Man

Imre Madách (1823-1864) how The Tragedy of Man Adam sought answers to the ultimate questions: in his life full of suffering and injustice, meaningful and yet prodigal. The questions of the tragedy of man are the questions of Madách, which cannot be fully understood without the fate, lows and heights of the drama poet. He wanted to do his homeland in accordance with the upbringing and apparently habitus of a young man of common descent who also pursued artistic laurels. For him - like so many of his age and age - it was no question, it was evidence! The many bitternesses, disappointments, spiritual wounds he experienced in his private life seemed to help him create one of the greatest works of a nation of talented men and literate people who wanted to do better and better for the truth at all times. Without his individual pain and the pain of his homeland, perhaps the most universal work of Hungarian literature would not have been possible. In the fate of Adam, he also articulated the fate of himself, the Hungarians and humanity: a series of disappointments and restarts. The story of man in history! Known facts of literary history: Madách He wrote the tragedy of man from February 1859 to March 1860, in his rural solitude, tormented by doubts and dark thoughts. For the work that reached János Arany - suggesting minor corrections - Arany himself affixed the heavy seal of the masterpiece that is still valid today. Time, the passing of time has raised more and more question marks in keeping with the natural history of exceptional creation, but never because of its values! Our drama literature is forever modern, always modern, so its classic piece seeks the meaning of our existence. And because life is based on two sexes, the loneliness or beautiful alliance of a man and a woman is at stake. As a worthy undertaking of everyday life with torments and joys, falls and soars. The known end, the inevitable death, cannot empower anyone to give up or avoid the struggle. The main question is not why, but: is there why? And if there is - and for sacred reasons it is almost always there and will be for someone - then why can there be an answer! László Kaiser