I know that I know very little when it comes to tragedy. I use the word tragic sarcastically with my friends and family and I know others do as well, but I didn't think much of it until now. I know that the theme or element of tragedy originates from Ancient Greece, but apart from that I have no clue about the origin story of tragedy. I've never thought in depth about tragedy, I guess I've always thought that it was a word used to describe a sad event. Like when there is a mass shooting, or an epidemic spreads worldwide. Besides those specific examples, I am lost. Upon further reading, I have discovered that my previous belief was sort of right, tragedy is defined as a form of drama based on human suffering that pleasures an audience. It is basically of form of entertainment that relishes in people's sufferings, which seems rather sick to me (but oh well). I was also somewhat correct in that fact that tragedy originated in Greece, but in my reading, I also discovered that tragedy has been morphed throughout the years by Romans and various amounts of Europeans. I also discovered that there are different types of tragedy (i.e. revenge tragedy and tragedy of the commons) and that different authors can think of tragedy in completely different ways. For example, Aristotle thoughts on tragedy differ greatly from William Shakespeare's opinions, there is really no wrong notion to tragedy, as long as someone if suffering! Overall, I am rather impressed with the amount of correct knowledge that I actually knew, but am very intrigued in the new information I learned. Especially when it comes to how tragedy has differed from Ancient Greece to now. I am very excited to continue looking into this!
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