Tragedy: Fact or Fiction?

Throughout time theatre has evolved and underwent so many metamorphosis that it is almost impossible to compare and discuss Tragedy as a theatre form in one essay. I have chosen to compare 20th Century Tragedy with Elizabethan Tragedy and how they vary from each other and even where they are the same in some areas. Renaissance drama developed in England during the reign of Elizabeth I in the latter part of the 16th century. Some …

…nightmarish quality. Ultimately, tragedy throughout time has followed through on the same characteristics and principles. Every form of tragedy can be closely linked toward each other, the plot, characters, themes and the MOTIVE behind the story differs. In reality, life is a tragedy on its own. Everyone of us has experienced some form of tragedy. So in my opinion tragedy is not only a form of theatre - it is reality, the circle of life.