Before I go ahead and educate myself on the topic, and by educate myself I mean look up on Wikipedia, I guess I will sort of define what I think tragedy is. I should first clarify that I think that tragedy within literature should be treated as something entirely different from tragedy in the real world. Tragedy in literature, I think, is a great sadness that serves a purpose, or means something in the greater scope of the story. I suppose this is probably a pretty crap definition of Tragedy, but I guess that sums up what I think about the topic pretty well.
One Wikipedia article later: Well, that was unexpected. I guess an important part about tragedy is that it's cathartic? That definition definitely seems a little strange, especially considering what I initially defined it as. But now that I actually think about it more, our enjoyment of tragic stories is actually a little strange as well. We are actively enjoying reading or watching stuff in which a character, that we presumably connect with and like, is suffering. When we phrase it like that, it certainly does bring up a few questions, and thinking about it like that, I suppose that the definition that Wikipedia gave me is actually quite accurate and insightful. We like it simply because it is cathartic, and that release of emotion is enjoyable.
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