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APLIT.121 Tragic Conventions
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In discussing an original tragedy, a student asks, If the protagonist meant well, why call the outcome tragic? Which response best applies the skill?
A
Tragedy requires bad intentions, so a well-meaning protagonist belongs in comedy or romance.
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Tragedy ignores intention and judges characters only by the amount of suffering they cause.
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Tragedy often intensifies when honorable aims become irreversible acts whose consequences reveal limits in judgment, knowledge, or power.
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Tragedy means the audience should stop evaluating the choice once suffering begins.
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