Greek tragedy (ɡriːk ˈtrædʒədɪ)
Definitions
noun – (in ancient Greek theatre) a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances with which he cannot deal
Example Sentences Including ‘Greek tragedy’
There’s no need to go making a bloody Greek tragedy out of it.
O’Connor, Joe Desperadoes
(Credit goes to http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/greek-tragedy for defintion)
like Greek tragedy I can make many links to other tragedies, Most notably Shakespearian tragedies like Hamlet which we has just finished reading in class, in which the plays end up with about 8 people dying including the main character of Hamlet. The same ideal happens in This flesh is mine as both Achilles and the guard die in the very end of the play. Achilles dies after a car bomb goes off while he is driving that was planted by the guard and also the guard dies by Briseis shooting him after he tries to rape her after Achilles dies. Achilles originally dies by being shot with an arrow by paris.
Agamemnon dies by being stabbed by Briseis which is sort of strange as he let her stay with Achilles who ended up backstabbing him in the end anyway.
In this case however tragedy is made far bigger as not only does it include death but it also includes the fact that Briseis has also lost Achilles and will therefore live the rest of her life without him and even possibly get put to death for treason if she is found out for killing both the king and his guard.
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