"It must be a paradox that the happiest, most vigorous, and most confident ages which the world has ever known-the Periclean and the Elizabethan-should be exactly those which created and which most relished the mightiest tragedies."
Tragedy is not an expression of despair, but a celebration of hope and human improvement. It seems only fitting that the greatest tragedies come out of the greatest ages. Those or greatness have the most to lose. It is interesting that literatary tragedy seems to only affect the nobility. It seems as though the upper classes can fall as well as hope. It is interesting that tragedy never seems to affect the peasants in, possibly suggesting that when you have nowhere to fall, there is no hope for improvement either.
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