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Deirdre: The "Mingling of Contraries" in Plot and Symbolism

IN HIS ESSAY "Poetry and Tradition," William Butler Yeats discusses the artist's use of contrasting elements and offers a theoretical statement which may be applied to his own poetic drama D'eirdre: "The nobleness of the arts is in the mingling of contraries, the extremity of sorrow, the extremity of joy, the perfection of personality, the perfection of the surrender, overflowing turbulent energy, and marmorean stillness."! The pattern of tragic action in Deirdre illustrates this principle as the drama develops from the fear of treachery, through the realization of this evil, to the final triumph of love over fear in death. Thus, the play shows a "mingling . . . of the perfection of personality [and] the perfection of its surrender," as Deirdre's death becomes her victory and the final testament of her love for N aisi.