31.   Like a rooted evil invisible to the players, or a wrathful god in Greek tragedy whose victory is preordained, the tree waits.

32.   Love stories, as opposed to romances, actually go back to the Greek tragedies.

33.   Ms. Smith and Gammon are magnificent, giving comic gargoyles the stature of figures in Greek tragedy.

34.   Ms. Carroll is one of many women who are taking the stage this season in leading roles in Greek tragedies.

35.   Now, like a protagonist in Greek tragedy, Milosevic has come full circle to confront the ghosts he resurrected.

36.   One, he said, is on ethics and Greek tragedy.

37.   Others describe his estrangement from his father in proportions of Greek tragedy.

38.   She likens the novel to a Greek tragedy.

39.   Such notions, he said, diminish a drama as timeless as a Greek tragedy.

40.   That tradition embraces Greek tragedy, the princely celebrations of the Renaissance, the political dramas of Verdi.