Why Do You Love To Read Tragedy?

  • #26
Tragedy was one of great vehicles to transmit the questions of moral dilemas arising from the theme of the stories. As I was deeply emphathised with their struggles, that made me have to think all the more about the meaning of all that, was that right or wrong, why it became that terrible, what else could be done. The ends often left me witheven more questions to ponder, and a deep appreciation for the human capacity of goodness and life sanctity. (A beautiful Day, Gattaca, Tale of an Edible Girl, etc.,)
And admist all the swirling of despairs and darkness, those fleeting beautiful moments shine all the more and burnt my heart with indescribable emotion of both sorrow and joy. (Great Expectation, Great Gasby, No. 6, ects.) 
 
  • #27
I think you lack a definition of the word tragedy.

Tragedy: shakespearean term for when in the end, everybody died

Shakespear also wrote non tragedies.  Comedies. 
 
  • #28
Sometimes, I find it weird that I enjoy reading tragedy so much.  I'm guessing that it's because I'm not a a very emotional person in real life.  Very few things can affect my emotions so I look for that kind of stimulation in fiction.  And it's just much easier to get sad when you read than to get happy. 
 
  • #31
Isn't it the same with Netori & Netorase.   Just a change in POV.

But with any of the three NTR stuffs, I just think those are primal part of human DNA.  Because the theme/trope is just sexual acts, for dominance/authority and the carnal desire of procreating.  The intense desire to commit the act, over logic or sound reason. 
 
  • #32
I really love tragedy for the emotional flow it brings, much more easily than stories without tragedy.
Especially since the tragedies are often much more realistic, than the stories where everything goes for the best. 
 
  • #33
It's because tragic stories are the ones that are best at evoking emotion, and the ability to evoke emotion is as strong an effect as a story can generate.  That said, just because a story is tragic doesn't automatically mean that it can have this kind of effect.  To do that, the writer has to be able to make the reader care about the characters and what happens to them.  And by the time you reach that point, what more can you ask of a story?  There's a reason why tragedies have been some of the most popular tales told through the ages.

I think that the only reason why this isn't a self-evident truth is because a lot of (younger) readers put themselves too much into the protagonists' shoes so they only want good outcomes.  And why a lot of popular stories avoid any real adversity at all.  I'm of the opposite opinion.  Without lows there is no way to generate highs either.  A character unable to suffer setbacks is a character that is hard to care about; they just lack a sense of realness and their stories tend to suffer as a result. 
 
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