Tragedies
Posted by Max Dunn Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:50:27 GMT
In college, I went to see a Shakespearen tragedy with some friends. They thought it was depressing, but I disagreed. I said that it was depressing when a story had a happy but artificial ending because this was like saying that we can only be happy when everything goes right. But in a tragedy, when everything goes wrong and the characters still find the will to move forward and live, that is what I find to be the most encouraging and uplifting.