Originating in obscure Greek theaters two thousand five hundred years ago. It is a form dramatic material that exploits human suffering for entertainment value. A rather paradoxical reaction is produced, that is audiences having positive reactions to the negative events they are witnessing. In the theater among other things, tragedy is the opposite of comedy, however elements of both may be present in a single work. Aristotle claimed that tragedy is effective because audiences find relief from their own lives through pity for the characters. In Greece, tragedies were written by Sophecles and Euripidies among many others, and in Europe, the most popular tragedies were written by William Shakespeare. Arthur Miller is perhaps the most iconic tragedy writer of the modern time period. Today the assignment was really designed to give us a dictionary definition of tragedy. We were to solidify in our minds what can be an abstract concept. The information that we found in our brief research can now be used as we explore the idea of tragedy in the future.
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