Tragedy Essay
Death vs. Personal Failings
Jessica Santiago
Professor Gerristead
October 15, 2012
Theater-110-MD01
When society thinks of tragedy we think of a terrible or horrible accident happening to a person or to a group of people, most of the times resulting in hospitalization or worse, death. Another example of this type of tragedy could be a loved one who goes away on vacation and contracts a rare and unusual disease which could possibly result in death. Not all types of tragedies always result in a certain death. Tragedy in a classical Greek sense sets up a protagonist to begin the action in the tragedy. What lead to the tragedies is the protagonist’s characteristics. These characteristics are naturally supposed to be positive and noble but in the end, these characteristics are what caused the downfall in the protagonist. Everyone loves vacations because they get a break from reality and get to relax for once. Coming back home from vacation is probably the worst part of the experience, especially if you came back not knowing you contracted an infection from your vacationing destination. Not only have you contracted this horrible infection, you find out that it is an incurable disease.“The disease, which causes severe bruising and uncontrolled bleeding, is untreatable and is fatal in a third of cases” (Cameron, 1). Not only does the United Kingdom need to worry about the person who has the disease, they need to make sure no one else has contracted it and that it does not spread. This incident is forming the first type of tragedy because this is an incurable disease from another country that has and is claiming other people’s lives uncontrollably. “A man has died after becoming the first person in Britain to contract a terrifying infection that has claimed countless lives in the developing world” (Cameron, 1). There are records that show that many lives had been taken from this disease in the developing country. This information leaves Britain worried that more
Jessica Santiago
Professor Gerristead
October 15, 2012
Theater-110-MD01
When society thinks of tragedy we think of a terrible or horrible accident happening to a person or to a group of people, most of the times resulting in hospitalization or worse, death. Another example of this type of tragedy could be a loved one who goes away on vacation and contracts a rare and unusual disease which could possibly result in death. Not all types of tragedies always result in a certain death. Tragedy in a classical Greek sense sets up a protagonist to begin the action in the tragedy. What lead to the tragedies is the protagonist’s characteristics. These characteristics are naturally supposed to be positive and noble but in the end, these characteristics are what caused the downfall in the protagonist. Everyone loves vacations because they get a break from reality and get to relax for once. Coming back home from vacation is probably the worst part of the experience, especially if you came back not knowing you contracted an infection from your vacationing destination. Not only have you contracted this horrible infection, you find out that it is an incurable disease.“The disease, which causes severe bruising and uncontrolled bleeding, is untreatable and is fatal in a third of cases” (Cameron, 1). Not only does the United Kingdom need to worry about the person who has the disease, they need to make sure no one else has contracted it and that it does not spread. This incident is forming the first type of tragedy because this is an incurable disease from another country that has and is claiming other people’s lives uncontrollably. “A man has died after becoming the first person in Britain to contract a terrifying infection that has claimed countless lives in the developing world” (Cameron, 1). There are records that show that many lives had been taken from this disease in the developing country. This information leaves Britain worried that more