first as tragedy, then as farce, then as tragedy, then as farce, then as farce again, then as tragedy a third time, then we all give up and go home

first as tragedy, then as farce, then as tragedy, then as farce, then as farce again, then as tragedy a third time, then we all give up and go home
first as tragedy, then as farce, then as a secret third th--[I am guillotined]
I think this is what Hegel meant
This is dialectics