Whenever I hear the word "tragedy", i think of natural disasters, a 10 car pileup, and my will to do this blog; not some sad literature from the Greek philosophers and European elite. And yet my initial tragedy is bound together with this ancient form of writing, because the "10 car pileup" of my day is the blood feud between 2 lovers of their time. So lets discuss what really is going on in these tragic writings, to get a more complete understanding of what's the big deal,
As stated by Aristotle," tragedy is characterized by seriousness and involves a great person who experiences a reversal of fortune". So like many things, the O.G. western world (Greece&Rome) though Greece specifically, are thought to be the first to develop Tragic stories in their theaters. And as such it has effected the western world, particularly artists like Shakespeare, to Samuel Beckett's moderns meditations on death and suffering have explored the genre further, expanding on human suffering and the misfortune that befalls many. So basically tragedy is exploring what it means to not be the perfect, everything good happens to, person. It, to me, a much more realistic (sometimes) exploration of peoples stories, people lose sometimes, misfortune happens. That is why I believe people enjoy tragedy sometimes. It's no different than a scary movie the good ones let you believe you could be in that position yourself, allowing you to really get into that part and enjoy the story.
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