Class Discussion of Tragedy

When you look at the world and see different languages, culture, governments, religions, physical characteristics, etcetera, you'll find that regardless of the fact that we are all human, we are still different in many ways. Every society has their own way of thinking and how they perceive life. In class we understood that the Greeks saw tragedy as a great fall of someone who was great. With that being said, I believe I'm pretty awesome and a very important person. Just saying. But look at the American point of view. We see tragedy as something bad that has happened to people regardless of their social statues and typically believe that everyone is important in life. Sometimes we are even able to bounce back from something horrific in life that can classify as a tragedy. If you look at the Sandy Hook shooting, we find that no one famous was killed or some messiah. Many of them are children who, to the Greeks, are not important enough for their definition of tragedy, yet we still use the word because we saw the massacre as something horrific. Certain words we see and try to define should be based on how each society sees it and since this is America, I do believe our use of the term tragedy out ways the Greeks term in this country.

What do you think? America's point of view versus Ancient Greek point of view on tragedy? Is it the media's fault for the way we think on the term of tragedy? Can ice cream make you cold or warm? Please leave a comment!