What feelings and thoughts could arouse in the audience of tragedy and comedy?
September 30, 2020 | Education
| Tragedies and comedies helped the people to understand what was going on around them, to sort out their feelings and thoughts. In the tragedy, important issues were discussed: about laws and about power that breaks laws, about people’s behavior, etc. The tragedies did not leave the audience indifferent.
Comedies ridiculed specific politicians, then Pericles, criticized various vices.
The audience could experience disappointment, joy, a desire to change something. The events in Siena made them think about their life and the life of the whole society.
