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Here is my blog about Tragic Drama.so let's discuss it.
Introduction:-
Literature, which express and communicates thoughts, feeling and attitude towards life. In literature we have various forms like, poetry, novel, short stories, essay and drama etc. In drama we have three forms Tragedy, Comedy and Tragic-comedy.
Prose, poetry and drama are major forms of literature our related concern is drama particular tragic drama but before that we must know what tragedy is? Or what is tragedy? Solids first first see the definition of tragedy;
Tragedy the world we can find in our today life it is form of literature we find subjects about unlucky events unhappy ending it is called Tragedy.
Simply we can say : A Tragedy is a sad or unlucky event.
Many times widget headlines in newspaper like,
"Holiday Bathing Tragedy "
"Family killed in motorway Tragedy "
Event in the theatre the word tragedy used to describe any play which has an Happy Ending lakh Shakespeare's drama Hamlet and Othello.
For the student of literature however the word has rather different and more specialised meaning.
Origin of Tragic Drama :
Tragedy has its on birth in Greece during the fifth century before Christ. The great Athenian dramatist Aechylos, Sophocles or Euripides wrote tragedies.These tragedies of a power and beauty that has never been equiled.
What is Tragic Drama :
When we know about Rachit grammar first we must know something about drama.
"Drama present picture of fact in form of dialogues presented before an audience"
Dryden define drama as,
" Just and lovely image of human nature representing its position and humus and the change of Fortune to which it is subject for the delight and instruction of mankind"
Now let's discuss about tragedy drama in earlier times Dramas have been divided into two kinds tragedy and comedy the wandering with the Dark Side of the life the with its light side.
we simply meant that,
" Tragedy a sad or unlucky event or on happy ending" or
"which play has an Happy Ending"
for example Hamlet or Othello, King Lear
The beggar is begging it is not called tragedy but when the rich person comes on the footpath and begging it it is called tragedy, in the tragedy when greater, higher and talented person comes at lower.
Characteristics of classical /Greek Tragedy
Aristotle has given some characteristics of classical Greek tragedy it is also known "Aristotle tragedy"
* stories already well to the audience.
* strong religious elements are presented.
* " Horror" and "Violence" are not shown. on the stage. Audience knows then by. the "chorus "or "messenger".
* There are only few actors between 2 to 5. or 6.
* Characters were of high class.
* no mixing of tragic and comic elements.
* Aristotle Theory on "Hamarictia" or. "catharsis".
Aristotle wrote a little book "Poetics " in his book he give some information about tragedy. He put some of his thoughts about literature in general and tragedy in particular.
He himself ask to question about theatre going people
1. why we get pleasure and satisfaction by seeing tragedy?
2. What kind of person ought to be the chief character of a tragedy?
Answer are :
1. In our real life our certain emotions is pixel e p t of hair does not get used and tragedy stirs up that pity and fear like waste product. It is called Purgation and Catharsis.
Ex - In Milton's words at the end of his Greek style tragedy "Samson agonists leave us "
" With peace and cancellations and calm of mind all patient spent"
2. The hero of tragedy should be neither good nor bad if he is too good please fall will be shocking and if he is too bad we would not have pity in his fault for his on weakness is made responsible it is called Hemartia or fatal flow.
At least Aristotle defined the tragedy in the following term,
" tragedy is and imitation of an action that is serious magnitude and complete action emotion of Pity of here are created and should be catharsis".
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