Psychoanalysis and tragic drama are interwoven at their core. Freud assumed the tragic view of life, and the narratives of Greek Tragedy readily provided him with metaphors for the hopeless struggles and self-destructive passions that characterize the human condition, especially when wracked by neurosis. Freud not only provided a psychoanalytic interpretation of Oedipus Rex and Hamlet, but he tried to explain why tragedy on the stage has the power to move us, laying down some simple rules for dramatic presentation in "Psychopathic Characters on the Stage."1 Psychoanalysts ever since have been fascinated by the power of tragedy. A huge literature has been dedicated to "explaining" or interpreting tragedies and to examining tragedy for what it can contribute to analytic knowledge of individuals.