Question

Working on an essay about ‘Ethan Frome". I’m going to compare it to a Greek Tragedy.

Nietzsche’s analysis of Apollonian and Dionysian tragedy
Friedrich Nietzsche at the end of the 19th century highlighted the contrast between the two main elements of tragedy: firstly, the Dionysian (the passion that overwhelms the character) and the Apollonian (the wisdom and justice that symbolized the rational element of the God Apollo). Contrasted with that is nemesis, the divine punishment that determines the fall or death of the character

Answer 1

In ancient Greek culture, says Nietzsche, "there is a conflict between the plastic arts, namely the Apollonian, and non-plastic art of music, the Dionysian."
[...] These two instincts are so different they walk side by side, mostly in open conflict, stimolandosi each other to new and more stalwart reactions to perpetuate itself incessantly struggle of that conflict, which the common word "art" builds a bridge that is only apparent: until at last, gathered together by a metaphysical miracle produced by the "will" Hellenic, they appear in pairs and finally generate quest'accoppiamento in the work of art Attic tragedy, which is all the Apollonian as Dionysian.
— The Birth of Tragedy

Answer 2

See,s like a lot of gibberish, but if you overlook some of the unfamiliar words, it will become clear what Nietzsche is getting at.