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September 11th was a tragedy, because of the lamentable events that took place. The destruction of the Twin Towers and all of the innocent people who died is enough to label this a tragedy. A structure that represented America's power, freedom, wealth, and virtue, was destroyed and brought down to rubble and ash, leaving the whole world in shock. Today this disaster is what we consider tragedy and this follows Aristotle's definition, because the Twin Towers represented power and stature, and were considered extraordinary structures, and they fell to a terrifying and agonizing ruin, killing so many people. This tragedy isn't one in the literary sense, but does have a parallel connection to a literary tragedy.
Symbolically these structures resembled a tragic protagonist. We all know the tragic protagonist is loved and admired, as these buildings were. The Twin Towers represented everything our nation is and stands for. As in Aristotle's format of a tragedy, a protagonist is always brought down to a low point or death in the end. This was the tragic fate of these structures and the destruction of these towers can be seen as there symbolic death.
Among a main character's weakness and flaws, there is one particular flaw usually more significant. That particular flaw often relates to the protagonist's main goal by making it more difficult for the protagonist to achieve it.
Many examples of tragedies come from Greek theatre and the dramatic works of Shakespeare. Oedipus the King is an example of a classic Greek tragedy, in which Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. He is a ruler of Thebes and the people think that he is extraordinary. He has power, dignity, intelligence, stature, and was a man of his word.
Oedipus isn't perfect; he had a tragic flaw, as all protagonists do, he has a temper, had too much pride which is hubris, and makes mistakes in judgment. Oedipus kills a man unreasonably because of his temper.
