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Charlotte Smart said...

Tragedy in theater does not always surround “sorrow.” Tragedy is not always distressing throughout. In theater a tragedy starts with an exposition, or description of the setting, characters, etc. It builds up to an exciting force and rising action, in which the protagonist attempts to alter the outcome of incidents. The climax is the peak of power and the height of the action. The falling action of a tragedy signifies the antagonist’s rise. The moment of final suspense signifies the approaching end and the outcome appears as if it will go as the protagonist expected. Then, finally, the catastrophe, the big bang, the finale falls down upon the reader or viewer. The protagonist and generally his or her companions come to a bloody, brutal end while the antagonist either dies as well or recognizes the error of his ways. Tragedies are not always melancholy. Tragedies push the reader and viewer to think and contemplate the hero’s actions. They may not provide laughs, but they trigger other emotions. Juliet keeled over her beloved’s body provokes sorrow, and Hamlet’s “feigned” insanity pushes one to contemplate whether he is sane or mad. Tragedy is the pulse of theater.

What is Tragedy?

Knowing what you know, how can you explain whether something is tragic or not? What are the things that make up tragedy or tragic ends? Explain.

Something that is tragic is when something bad, harmful, something that causes pain for hero making him or her doubt whether or not what they are doing is good, is right. A Tragedy is a story, play, etc... that ends with a death of the protectionist or one of their friends. Like in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In the end for Romeo and Juliet to escape their lives of separation from each other and their parents' hatred for the other, they both commit suicide so that they may be together in the "underworld." In tragedies, the playwright or author try to evoke emotions on the readers. They are trying to prove a point, leave us with a lesson, that we can learn from. Tragedies are unlike comedies more realistic. They are situations that we may face in our lives, but the sadness, the pain that the protagonist must face is more accentuated. In tragedies, the protagonist's life never ends well. At the beginning we see that the protagonist is doing well, living a happy life, but then something goes wrong and the protagonist is faced with a situation that can either end in a happy ending or end badly. At first it seems that the protagonist may actually have a happy ending, but towards the end something else goes wrong leaving him or her in a worsen state. The reason I believe people appreciate tragedies more than comedies is because we can see our selves in the protagonist, and after seeing what he or she has to go through makes us appreciate our lives more and see how lucky we and how we should value our life.

Tragedy

Defining if something is tragic, or "a tragic end" is often a hard thing to do. Tragedy in the truest and oldest sense of the word, is a form of ancient Greek theatre which is meant to invoke a sad emotion, such as pity or sadness. In this way, it is meant to be a catharsis for the audience. It can often be a parallel to real life. Tragedy is often a story about a noble hero/heroine, and because of fate, or the god's will, or their own fault, they come to an awful end while striving for a goal. Often there is tragic love, or love lost involved. Sometimes in the end, the hero doesn't die. But if they don't, then their fortune changes for the worst. In other words, the hero's fate takes an irreversible change in a bad direction, and they end up in a less comfortable, or less alive state then when they set out.

So if that is how you define tragedy, then I would say that a tragic end is defined by things ending up worse than where they started, often much worse.

Tragedy

The dictionary definition for tragedy is "a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction." but although that is a basic definition, tragedy is so more. Tragedy is usually distinguished by starting off with the protagonist in a better situation than at the end of the book. A tragedy will often go from bad to better to worst. Therefore the stories often end in death or a calamity of equal magnitude. Tragedy is something that makes you pity the characters or be afraid of something. It is a way for us to get more perspective about how our life doesn't suck as much as we think it does. We enjoy tragedy because it often reflects events that occur in our life.

Tragedy

When I hear tragedy I think of soap opera. Soap operas are

made up of a lot of drama. Something really bad has to happen to

protagonist to make the story line tragic. Out of this tragedy the

protagonist can maybe pull something good out of the tragic event.

Sometimes his or her fortune does not change, and then he or she

is plagued by tragedy. A tragic event can count as someone close

dying, a house being burned along with the family, etc. Tragedy is

made so that we feel sorrow for the protagonist. We can feel his or

feelings through the events that happen.

What is Tragedy?

Tragedy is genre of despair and darkness, meant to be realistic and to invoke emotions of sadness and pity in the viewers. There are several elements that all tragedies contain. Tragedies are more physical where their opposites, comedies, are more verbal. This means that tragedies are centered around tragic events, not so much on dialogue. Tragedies also have very specif plot lines; the most noticeable thing about the plot of a tragedy is its midpoint, the place where the plot line could split and go forward either positively or negatively. The end of a tragedy usually involves death, either of the protagonist or of someone close to them. If you want to determine if something is a tragedy, you have to look at the situation of the characters. If their situation improved throughout the story, then it was probably not a tragedy. If at the end, the characters are worse off than they started and/or dead, then it most likely falls into the category of tragedy.

Tragedy

When one hears "tragedy," the first thing that comes to mind is death. A tragedy always ends in death, or agony from the death of a loved one for the protagonist. As opposed to a comedy, where things start fine, end fine, and go badly in the middle, a tragedy starts badly, goes well, and ends badly. And as I said, the bad ending is nearly always death. Since death is the most permanent state of being there is, a tragedy ends with the feeling that nothing can ever really fix it. I would classify a tragedy as a story in which the main character ends up worse than he was at the beginning, and with no real hope of things ever being able to change. Although a tragedy may contain a comedy element, it is the ending that really separates the two, and you may not be sure of which one it is until you get to the ending, and everyone dies or the situation improves.