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The newspapers are
forever mentioning the word, 'tragedy'. It usually means that there has
been a death or deaths associated with a catastrophic event.
Surprisingly, this is in keeping with the use of tragedy as described by
Aristotle: that it should evoke the emotions of pity and fear in the
presence of an action of a certain magnitude. This 5 page paper
explores the element of tragedy in Sophocles' play, Oedipus Rex and
Arthur Miller's play, Death Of A Salesman. No additional sources are
listed.
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