A tragedy is most often said to be a genre, in which a tragic event happens. Most of the time there is a conflict which needs to be solved; unfortunately the ending is not a happy one, like in fairytales. Usually a person is killed or a person who has been betrayed tries to get revenge. Often, the main character plays an important role in the conflict.
This pattern can be seen in “Macbeth,” where Macbeth himself develops from good to evil, when he kills King Duncan. He is willing to do anything to become more powerful. As a result of his actions, Macduff wants to get revenge. He is the only person who is able to kill Macbeth. This is the case, because the witches saw a prediction, in which it was said that Macbeth could be killed, only by someone not born by a woman. Macduff was born by a caesarean section, which means that he was cut out of his mother’s stomach.
In the modern version of Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet,” we also see a conflict. Two young people, who are in lobe, cannot have each other because of their families fighting. Nobody wants to see Juliet married to Romeo, so they find her a bachelor. To avoid marriage, Juliet drinks something that will make her sleep for the next forty-eight hours. The plan works, but when Romeo finds her lying lifeless in her bed, he drinks poison, and dies. As Juliet wakes up from her sleep she discovers Romeo, and is so crushed by his death, that she commits suicide. This way, the two young lovers can be reunited in heaven.
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