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On The Nature Of Tragedy - Romeo and Juliet.
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On The Nature Of Tragedy Throughout the whole article, the author seems trying to explain and differentiate pathetic and tragedy for us. However, I myself still don't really know the difference between them. What I only know from the article is that tragedy does not only bring us sadness but also teach us valuable lessons that derive from our society. I found out that it is much easier to differentiate pathetic and tragedy from Shakespeare's plays. For example, the famous tragedies Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet...etc they had "accurately balanced portrayal of the human being in the struggle for happiness", they brought us knowledge and enlightenment. These are all the factors of tragedies, which pathos do not own. However, it is hard, and sometimes impossible to distinguish tragedy and pathetic from our modern literature. From the books I've read, I can hardly tell were they tragedy or just pathetic. I could...
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