Vineland, a tragic moment

[alice wellintown]

I don't think Frenesi is tragic; she is a figure of Naturalism. She
has no free will. She can't be tragic if she can't make choices.
Moreover, her decisions are not difficult ones. For example, the
choice she needs to make about the gun is an easy one, it involves a
good and an evil.  Zoyd makes decisions. Sometimes he has to choose
between what is good for him and what is good for his daughter. Two
goods. Not easy. But Zoyd has free will. Frenesi is a slave.