Tragedy of the common man was very informative reading that gave many different views on what tragedy is or could be. One point the article makes is balance. Miller writes "tragedy requires a nicer balance between what is possible and what is impossible", meaning that even though tragedies can be fiction, there has to be some validity to the story line. The reader needs to be able to relate to the story and believe what is happening or the piece will lose it's credibility and moral will be lost. This is also explained when Miller says " The possibility of victory must be there in the tragedy. Where pathos rules, where pathos is finally derived, a character has fought a battle he could not possibly have one".
Another good point the article deals with the author of the tragedy himself. "No Tragedy can therefore come about when its author fears to questions absolutely everything, when he regards any institution, habit, or custom as being either everlasting, immutable, or inevitable". This means that the author cannot write with his views in mind. He has to fully dive into the characters and story he create and write from their point of view. Writing from that point of view adds to the plausibility of the plot. Tragedy of the Common Man.
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