"And yet, nevertheless, the idea of nobility is inseparable from the idea of tragedy, which cannot exist without it. If tragedy is not the imitation or even the modified representation of noble actions it is certainly a representation of actions considered as noble, and herein lies its essential nature, since no man can conceive it unless he is capable of believing in the greatness and importance of man."
I agree with this statement because it would be impossible for a tragedy to exist without the idea of nobility. Without nobility or a high ranked status, there wouldn't be a way for the protagonist to fall. Without the quality of nobility, the reader wouldn't care if the character fell or not. An evil character doesn't have the same connections to a reader like that of a character with good intentions. We tend to like the good characters, which is why it makes the reader feel sadness when they fall, and thus becoming a tragedy.
"All works of art which deserve their name have a happy end. This is indeed the thing which constitutes them art and through which they perform their function. Whatever the character of the events, fortunate or unfortunate, which they recount, they so mold or arrange or interpret them that we accept gladly the conclusion which they reach and would not have it otherwise."
It's part of human nature to want a happy ending like all the fairytales we have grown up reading such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast.. We automatically assume that by the end of the book, all our questions are answered and the protagonist lives happily ever after. The unique thing about tragedies is you never really know how it will end. A lot of tragedies make the reader believe it's going to end one way, then ends in a completely different way. Tragedies are more closely related to how life is. The ideal life is ultimately unachievable. There is always going to be something in a person's life that is unexpected, and the situation doesn't always end well as it is perceived to be.
I agree with this statement because it would be impossible for a tragedy to exist without the idea of nobility. Without nobility or a high ranked status, there wouldn't be a way for the protagonist to fall. Without the quality of nobility, the reader wouldn't care if the character fell or not. An evil character doesn't have the same connections to a reader like that of a character with good intentions. We tend to like the good characters, which is why it makes the reader feel sadness when they fall, and thus becoming a tragedy.
"All works of art which deserve their name have a happy end. This is indeed the thing which constitutes them art and through which they perform their function. Whatever the character of the events, fortunate or unfortunate, which they recount, they so mold or arrange or interpret them that we accept gladly the conclusion which they reach and would not have it otherwise."
It's part of human nature to want a happy ending like all the fairytales we have grown up reading such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast.. We automatically assume that by the end of the book, all our questions are answered and the protagonist lives happily ever after. The unique thing about tragedies is you never really know how it will end. A lot of tragedies make the reader believe it's going to end one way, then ends in a completely different way. Tragedies are more closely related to how life is. The ideal life is ultimately unachievable. There is always going to be something in a person's life that is unexpected, and the situation doesn't always end well as it is perceived to be.