Apollonian and Dionysian are mentioned as opposites in the novel, The Birth of Tragedy/ The Case of Wagner by Friedrich Nietzsche. Such that a Dionysian artist is best defined as one in primal unity with pain and contradiction, and an Apollonian one is reflected as a symbolic dream image. In addition, to be more specific on the topic, Apollonian is based on reason and logic and Dionysian is based on chaos. However, according to Nietzsche Dionysian is important because it emphasizes the harmony that could be revealed in one’s chaotic experience. The differences and tensions between these two are best described as the reason for all great tragedies within art. In the novel, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, represents the combination
