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Essay Archive - Shakespeare: Tragedy Class 101
Shakespeare: Tragedy Class 101
If you were to walk out onto a street and get hit by a car, people
might think this is a tragedy, referring to the common usage of the word as
meaning anything bad that happens to a person or society. But in the days
of Shakespeare, the word tragedy had on more significant meanings; it meant
a drama having a disastrous or fatal ending brought about by the
character's inevitable and uncontrollable fate or conflicts within himself,
or with his fellowmen ("Tragedy" 305). To better understand what tragedy
truly m....
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