SOPHOCLES: “THAT IS ABSURD. YOUR CHARACTER, THIS BILLY, HAS NONE OF THE TRAITS THAT MY TRAGIC CHARACTER POSSESSED.”

MELLVILLE: “BILLY BUD MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ANY GREAT KING OR A MAN OF IMMENSE MONETARY WEALTH, BUT HE POSSESSED A DIFFERENT SORT OF GREATNESS. “

SOPHOCLES: “YOU SPEAK OF A DIFFERENT SORT OF GREATNESS, AS IF IT THAT COULD POSSIBLE COMPARE TO THE LIFE OF MY OEDIPUS. HE ROSE TO THE HIGHEST POSITION A MAN CAN OBTAIN. HE WAS A KING, A RULER OF A POWERFUL LAND, NOT SOME COMMON SHIPBOARD SAILOR. YOUR BILLY BUDD HAD NOTHING.”

MELLVILLE: “OEDIPUS WAS A GREAT KING AND A WONDERFUL RULER OF A POWERFUL LAND, JUST AS BILLY WAS A GREAT SAILOR AND WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF AN IDEAL HUMAN BEING. HE ALSO ROSE TO A HIGH POSITION IN MY STORY.

SOPHOCLES: “I KNOW THAT NO OTHER COULD REACH SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS AS THIS TRAGIC CHARACTER. I WILL GLADLY GIVE YOUR SAILOR THE COLD SHADOW OF MY KING. FOR ALL ARE AWARE THAT NO PERSON COULD OUTSHINE THE STORY OF OEDIPUS REX.”

MELLVILLE: “HOW MANY MEN WILL STAND BY THEIR BELIEFS KNOWING THAT THE PUNISHMENT WILL BE THEIR HEADS? THOSE WHO DO NOT BEND TO THE WIND OF OTHERS’ DOUBTS AND PROTESTS ARE THE ONES THAT POSSESS THE TRAGIC FLAW. ACCORDING TO PLATO IN POETICS A TRAGIC CHARACTER IS RESTRICTED TO WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE AND ONLY REACT AND ACT UPON SITUATIONS PRESENTED BEFORE THEM. BILLY BUDD ACTS CONSISTENTLY WITH WHO AND WHAT I CREATED HIM TO BE THROUGHOUT HIS STORY. BILLY BUDD, ONCE I ESTABLISHED HIM, HAD NO CONTROL OVER HIS FATE. I PLACED TEMPTATIONS AND OBSTACLES BEFORE HIM KNOWING HIS REACTIONS WERE RESTRICTED TO THE HIGH MOR

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