What is the Concept of Tragedy in Literature?

In literature, tragedy is a form of drama that explains depressing or sad events. Generally, the tragedy based drama is written by an author to draw the attention of readers on the human suffering and sorrowful events. It is a literally work or a work of art that intends to describe the misfortune, terrible events or some kind of disaster, encountered by the protagonist. 

A literary tragedy is a piece of writing that encompasses lively, fearless, courageous, brave and noble characters who face powerful or big hurdles and obstacles externally as well as internally. These characters play a courageous role and epitomized bravery, boldness and dignity when act in a tragedy based drama. In the drama, they act in such a way that shows their bravery and the human spirit at the time danger or death.

Tragedy in literature describes a series of sorrowful events or incidents in the lives of the main characters. The misfortune that happens in their lives makes them weak or ruins their happy lives. According to the English literature, tragedy is divided into six parts that are mentioned below:

1.  Plot: It is an essence of the tragedy based drama. A plot means the arrangement of the events. The plot is categorized into acts and scenes in order to create powerful scenic effects in a natural development.

2.  Character: Characters are the men and women who play the role of hero, heroine and villain. The hero and heroine play a lead role in the drama.

3.  Thought: A thought is communicated with the help of strong dialogues and speeches.

4.  Diction: It is means through which the characters express their feelings, thoughts or suffering to the audience.

5.  Song: A song is embellished with a different kind of artistic element.

6.  Spectacles: Spectacles refer to the theatrical effects presented on the stage. It includes, the scene of human suffering, dances, loud lamentations, colorful attire of the main characters and their appearances.

What is Parallel Structure in Literature

In English literature, parallel structure refers to similar types of words that show two or more ideas, which have the same level of importance. In other words, parallel structure is the repetition of two or more words, phrases and clauses that are same in length and grammatical form. The parallel structure maintains clarity and balances a piece of writing.

It is a kind of technique that is specifically used to highlight essential information or to draw attention of the readers on the key points in your literary work. In a piece of writing, a writer uses the same pattern of words to show the ideas or words of equal importance. Besides, to help readers understand what is being conveyed. Let us understand the parallel structure with the help of below mentioned examples.

•    Annie likes singing, dancing and acting.

•    John likes paragliding, river rafting and hiking.

•    The student was asked to write his paper neatly, quickly and correctly.

•    My brother spent his weekends watching TV, eating junk foods and napping.

•    Veronica bought a dress, a pair of high heel stilettos and a scarf.

•    Whether at the office or at home, she was always busy.

•    In order to survive, you need food, water and shelter.

•    Easy come, easy go.

•    What goes around comes around.

•    Kate like only those movies that have a mystery, thriller and romance.

•    She is cunning and egotistic.

•    My favourite foods are pizza, pasta and burger.

Parallel structure not only presents the ideas in a logical manner, but also creates a kind of rhythm in the language a writer uses. In English grammar, parallel structure is also called parallelism. Parallelism is a method that is used to make the sentence persuasive. The repetition of a phrase or word allows a smooth flow of ideas.