Questions tagged [tragedies]
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When writing a tragic hero for a tragedy, do the readers have to sympathize with the characters?
I've been told that a tragic hero is a protagonist with a tragic flaw or a character defect that ultimately leads to their downfall and that the audience should sympathize with the character, even as ...
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How do you make a story as sad as possible?
When I think of sad story, I think of Greek tragedies, so naturally they should have a sad ending, and the characters should not deserve what happens to them. So I was thinking that I simply need to ...
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