De broeders: tragedie van het recht - Eeden, Frederik van 1860-1932 (Amsterdam Versluys, 1894)
The 'Tragedie van het recht' is a play titled 'De Broeders' by Frederik Van Eeden, written in sixteen acts, without rhyme and in five-foot iambic verse. In the play, Van Eeden ponders whether God is just and what the meaning of suffering is. According to critics, 'De Broeders' has some similarities to Goethe's 'Faust' and Dante's 'Divina Commedia'.
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Play (theater); Religion; Philosophy; Netherlands