Tragedy Creation

This week we've been wrapping up our Tragedy Project in English. We turned in our essays and worked on our Tragedy Creations. I wrote my essay based on three of our class readings: Aristotle's idea that Oedipus Rex was the perfect tragedy, Krutch's the Tragic Fallacy, and Arthur Miller's Tragedy and the Common Man. I then used my own thoughts to reflect on the authors' words and describe what I believe is necessary to make the perfect tragedy. I also worked on my Tragedy Creation. I decided to write a short story that I believe illustrates tragedy. My story is about a young immigrant who came to the United States with her daughter. Since in my essay, I stated that a story was more tragic if the struggle was not caused by the person suffering, I decided to use immigration as a good example. This also exemplified my point that in order for something to be a tragedy, it needs to point out a flaw in society instead of a flaw within the individual. I also used a woman who is undergoing financial problems so that she would be relatable. Although many readers are most likely not illegal immigrants struggling to make ends meet in Los Angeles, I think that recently, especially with the economy crisis, that many people can make a connection with someone, male or female, U.S. citizen or not, that is working hard to support her family.