/lit/ - Literature

>>23387961
Der Ring des Nibelungen. This was decided long ago. Siegfried is Shinji, Wotan is Gendo, Fafner is an angel, Brunnhilde is Asuka, Gotterdammerung is EOE, etc.

>supernatural forces and battles
>family relationship troubles
>individuals having to face the end of the world or choose whether to save it
>psychoanalytical themes like incest and rebelling against the father
>dad runs an organisation that controls everything
>missing mother figure
>balances mythology with individual drama
>literally invented the phrase 'live, laugh, love'
>basic message is leave art and politics and enjoy life (Wagner originally wanted to perform the Ring for three weeks then burn the theatre and score so people could take the message into the real world, build a better society and not get lost in the work itself)
>similarly choreographs advanced visuals and movement to intoxicating music

One could go on forever.

>>19737631
Der Ring des Nibelungen.

>supernatural forces and battles
>family relationship troubles
>whole cornucopia of familiar characters whose real motivations are revealed later on
>individuals having to face the end of the world, but also the ability to avert that doom resting on a chosen boy's choices
>psychoanalytical themes like incest and rebelling against the father
>balances mythology with individual drama
>literally invented the phrase 'live, laugh, love'
>basic message is leave art and power and enjoy life (Wagner originally wanted to perform the Ring for three weeks then burn the theatre and score so people could take the message into the real world, build a better society and not get lost in the work itself)
>even similar choreography to music

Does Die Walkure fulfil the modern need for a criticism of the state as Greek tragedy for the Greeks?

>>19146162
Wagnerfags will seethe but Der Ring des Nibelungen was the NGE of the day.

>supernatural forces and battles
>family relationship troubles
>individuals having to face the end of the world, but also the ability to avert that doom resting on special individual's choices
>psychoanalytical themes like incest and rebelling against the father
>balances mythology with individual drama
>literally invented the phrase 'live, laugh, love'
>basic message is leave art and power and enjoy life (Wagner originally wanted to perform the Ring for three weeks then burn the theatre and score so people could take the message into the real world, build a better society and not get lost in the work itself)
>even similar choreography to music