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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 means, we must examine the key elements of tragedy: seriousness,....
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