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The noun, “tragedy” derives from the Greek word,“tragoidia.” However, “tragedy” is considered a noun that has a fluid definition because it has multiple forms. Tragedy can be an aftermath, a type of play, a [[ character ]], a feeling, or a conflict that contains multiple situational circumstances. Tragedy mainly encompasses negative connotations because it often accompanies traits of sadness, misfortune, and despair. Tragedy can be depicted as the result of a disturbing event, a literary classification, a displeasing situation, or even a movie, or playwright that evokes a high level of somberness and sorrow. Tragedy has an intended purpose to invoke grief and misery in its audience, whether it is in a play, book, or movie. | The noun, “tragedy” derives from the Greek word,“tragoidia.” However, “tragedy” is considered a noun that has a fluid definition because it has multiple forms. Tragedy can be an aftermath, a type of play, a [[ character ]], a feeling, or a conflict that contains multiple situational circumstances. Tragedy mainly encompasses negative connotations because it often accompanies traits of sadness, misfortune, and despair. Tragedy can be depicted as the result of a disturbing event, a literary classification, a displeasing situation, or even a movie, or playwright that evokes a high level of somberness and sorrow. Tragedy has an intended purpose to invoke grief and misery in its audience, whether it is in a play, book, or movie. | ||
Tragedy is a public genre, or literary work found most popular in written play scripts to be performed by actors. The main character of the tragic drama is often | Tragedy is a public genre, or literary work found most popular in written play scripts to be performed by actors. The main character of the tragic drama is often a [[ hero ]] that encounters grave trouble and adversity. However, the hero’s misfortune is not inadvertent, nor is it unimportant. Instead, the misfortune is often a key element of the hero’s behavior and a true determiner of the ending to the play. Tragedy focuses on the inner weaknesses of mankind, but these weaknesses are often caused by external forces. Most audiences view the misfortune that the [[ protagonist ]] experiences as unwarranted. Although tragedies are known for their susceptibility to have sadness and despair, there is often an optimistic solution for the hero’s hardships. This is not to say that the entirety of the characters won’t experience anguish and woe. | ||
== General Characteristics == | == General Characteristics == | ||
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* In every primitive tribe we find the shaman in the center of society, and is easy to show that he is either a neurotic or psychotic, or at least that his art is based on the same mechanisms as a neurosis or psychosis. The shaman make both visible and public the systems of symbolic fantasy that are present in the psyche of every adult member of society. They are the leaders in an infantile game and the lightening conductors of common anxiety. They fight the demons so that others can hunt prey and in general fight reality. —Geza Roheim, ''Magic and Schizophrenia'' | * In every primitive tribe we find the shaman in the center of society, and is easy to show that he is either a neurotic or psychotic, or at least that his art is based on the same mechanisms as a neurosis or psychosis. The shaman make both visible and public the systems of symbolic fantasy that are present in the psyche of every adult member of society. They are the leaders in an infantile game and the lightening conductors of common anxiety. They fight the demons so that others can hunt prey and in general fight reality. —Geza Roheim, ''Magic and Schizophrenia'' | ||
* Him that stood in great prosperity<br />And is | * Him that stood in great prosperity<br />And is fallen out in high degree. —Chaucer’s Monk, ''The Canterbury Tales'' | ||
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