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In the first B.C dramatist known as
Aristotle started to write a series of plays called the
tragedies. They were as follows: the play revolved around a
great man, such as a king or war hero, who had a tragic
flaw. This flaw would eventually become his downfall and he
would fall from his glory. In the case of obvious it was his
hubris; and Oedipus, his pride and curiosity. Through out the
play the hero has many opportunities to overcome his
mistakes. On the other side, the reason that his nature he
sarcomas to it and deals with a sever punishment. Even
though these types of plays are still written today most
authors have varied their loom of writing a tragedy. An
example is Author Miller. He attempts to illustrate the
misfortune in the common man; he shows this in "Death to a
Salesman." According to Arthur Miller, "the tragic feeling is
evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character
who ready to put his life aside, if necessary, to secure one
thing - his......

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