... & Marshall College Tragedy as an art form was invented in ancient Greek dramas. The philosopher Aristotle discussed the art form in his Poetics. This work, written down from his students' notes, was an attempt to describe what makes a tragedy. However, this ancient Greek description was interpreted in different ways in different eras. Thomas Hardy used a Victorian interpretation of Aristotle in writing ... the society in which he lives suffers from some shortcoming (THWTF 37). The characteristics of the hero that Campbell has identified, in myth, offer a model which can be applied to li...

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