My first thought about tragedy are that it is an emotional remedy from universal suffering, comforting us into believing that what we may be going through, isn't as bad as we may have first proposed. We are also able to split that into four sections: emotions, misfortune, style and media. Firstly, emotion. An example would be depression, the feeling we inherit after watching a tragedy. Accompanying this misfortune; an example would be hamartia where the protagonist makes a bad decision, however it is then amplified due to the terrible consequences. As well as the previous you can include style, the traditional or, most related with is the plot of everything to nothing. Feel as though you are superior to those around you, until it has depleted to nothing. Finally, media. This is probably how we perceive tragedy, a representation of this could be through plays such as the well esteemed Romeo and Juliet.
WHY COULD WE POSSIBLE ENJOY TRAGEDY PLOTS?
- Emotional challenging.
- Sudden.
- Sympathy towards others.
- Perhaps a human instinct, the need to care, however it could be the exact opposite, the need to watch suffering.
- It may also be viewed as a healing process, making you feel as though your hardship and troublesome times wouldn't be as bad.
Archie this is quality stuff mate- top notch, great topic sentence to start with, next time i would try and put a little bit more detail in to do with the emotions. You only talked about the emotion of depression whereas next time you could maybe think about other emotions might go through. Also after you've said an idea or emotion for example you could go on to say where you've seen this in real life.
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