"Reading Three" from "The Tragic Fallacy" was almost refreshing to read. In the midst of our tragedy unit, the AP literature classes have been surrounded by grief pity, and shocking depression. However, Krutch doesn't show tragedy through a dark light at all, but instead relates it to inspiring and excellent things. Twisting the normal thought of tragic tales, they are compared to things such as "nobility" and explaining how the characters throughout these stories have "saved themselves" from their horrible lives. Even though I enjoyed reading another opinion on this genre of literature, I'm not fully convinced that I believe it. I don't completely agree with the strict structure of tragic formats and what they mean but, to me, a tragic tale doesn't seem half as positive as Krutch makes it out to be. Joseph Krutch explains how every story, whether it be a comedy or tragedy, have a happy ending if it "perform[s] their function[s]". This concept relates to my own tragedies in life. When it seems as if nothing is going my way and a horrible event hits me for no apparent reason, the unfortunate experience always ends up teaching me a lesson in some way and preparing me for future experiences to prevent further tragedies. Therefor in its own way it has fulfilled its function of occurring.
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