This piece of reading was interesting because it made tragedy something that connects us as a human race. Tragedy not only effects the highest of the nobles, but also the lowliest of peasants. Even in our modern society, I think this is very true. There is not a single person among us who is protected against tragedy. You cannot buy tragedy insurance, although I'm sure Oedipus would have, if it was a possibility for him. Would've saved him a whole lot of trouble.
One quote that was in this piece that I found to be thought-provoking was "Tragedy, then, is the consequence of a man's total compulsion to evaluate himself justly." That made me wonder, if it is not our job to evaluate ourselves, whose is it? Is it God's job? It made me think back to the last Ted Talk, where he talks about the fact that we no longer worship the Gods, we worship other humans. As a result, we do not think of ourselves being judged by a higher sense of power, but rather, we allow ourselves to be judged by fellow humans.
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