I really don't know anything about tragedy except for ancient Greek statues and sadness. When I think of the word tragedy outside of an English class I think of hardcore sadness and misfortune. When thinking about them in English class, I'd expect a tragedy to be a story having to do with just that, but honestly, I would not be surprised if I was totally wrong. I also suspect that I’ve probably learned about tragedies in classes before, and either just not remembered them or been extremely bored by them so I’ve pushed them out of my mind. I really hope it’s the former. After doing some research, to my surprise, I was kind of on the right track. The first few sentences I’ve read about tragedy is kinda frightening. A lot of suffering, pain and drama. Sounds like high school. From what I’ve read, it sounds like the audience is supposed to be entertained by the suffering of the characters. My earlier statement in which I said I might have been bored of this is probably wrong, because this sounds very interesting. As I read more about tragedy from the links that were supplied to me, I’m gathering that people have different perspectives on the word. Aristotle, William Forster Lloyd, and A.H. Thorndike, all took tragedy in different ways, some very different than others, some making more sense than others as well. I think I like Lloyd’s take on it the best, good old plays and that.
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