In life their are certain events that will be hard for us to accept. Whether that be not seeing a goal materialize or the loss of a loved one. These our things that we have a hard time accepting, and as a result we often feel a sense of despair of them. This glass slipper may seem to fit perfectly with tragedy because bad things keep happening to the characters. However, to "The Tragic Fallacy" by Joseph Krutch explains how this is anything but true. In tragedy, we accept the misfortune because we know it will lead to great things.
In The Tragic Fallacy says "We accept gladly the outward defeats which it describes for the sake of the inward victories which it reveals." This piece than goes on to show that Juliet essentially had to die to show us how great love can be. Great tragedies give us the power to see how bad things can lead to good things. One could even go as far as to say we happily accept tragic events to learn the hidden truth beneath them.
In The Tragic Fallacy it also points to how we should be content with the end of a tragedy because it is the only way it could have ended. For example, it is okay that Jocasta from Oedipus Rex died because her and Oedipus could have continued their marriage, but it shattered the mother-son relationship. Even through the final conclusion we reach is not happy we accept it.
Tragedy is written in a certain way so that it makes it easier for us to accept the bad events because we know it will lead to greater things. Tragedies endings leave us content knowing that the story couldn't have ended any other way.
In The Tragic Fallacy says "We accept gladly the outward defeats which it describes for the sake of the inward victories which it reveals." This piece than goes on to show that Juliet essentially had to die to show us how great love can be. Great tragedies give us the power to see how bad things can lead to good things. One could even go as far as to say we happily accept tragic events to learn the hidden truth beneath them.
In The Tragic Fallacy it also points to how we should be content with the end of a tragedy because it is the only way it could have ended. For example, it is okay that Jocasta from Oedipus Rex died because her and Oedipus could have continued their marriage, but it shattered the mother-son relationship. Even through the final conclusion we reach is not happy we accept it.
Tragedy is written in a certain way so that it makes it easier for us to accept the bad events because we know it will lead to greater things. Tragedies endings leave us content knowing that the story couldn't have ended any other way.