Profound Tragedy.
Brevis ipsa vita est sed malis fit longior
I'll be honest, I don't know a whole lot about tragedy. The only tragedy works of literature were old pieces like Hamlet. Based on this, my conclusion of tragedy is that it is about a situation that seems like it is going pretty well, but takes a turn and becomes sad and everybody dies. The perfect example of a tragedy is Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in which they get together and it seems alright for a while because they're both together, but then they die. I'm not even sure if Romeo and Juliet is considered a tragedy, but in my mind it's the perfect literary example.
After doing a bit of looking around online, I found that my initial impressions of tragedy are pretty accurate. Basically, a tragic play is one that makes its characters suffer for the enjoyment of the audience. It's pretty dark, if you think about it, taking pleasure in the suffering of others. What I found interesting was that a part of tragedy is that the suffering is due to the actions of the "hero" of the story, which is to say that it's not enough that terrible things happen to the protagonists, but the terrible things have to happen because of the protagonist's actions. Furthermore, I found that tragedy did not always come in the form of a play, but used to be ceremonial events in ancient Greece. Back then, it wasn't for entertainment, unlike in later times. In addition, I also learned a few more details about tragedies. In them, the protagonist has some sort tragic flaw that causes their downfall. In addition, it is the ability for the protagonist to hang on to who they were despite the bad things that happen to them that make tragedies cathartic, and the examinations of human nature that make it interesting. All in all, what I learned basically confirmed what I had previously thought about tragedies, and helped augment my knowledge with details.
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