13.1.8 Quiz: Analyze Writing in the Age of Discovery Question 3 of 10
Which event is most likely to occur in a tragedy?
O A. Prisoners escape to a deserted island.
B. Characters suffer due to personal flaws.
C. Fairies use magical powers to deceive characters.
D. Lovers are separated by mistaken identities.

B. Characters suffer due to personal flaws.

Explanation:

Tragedy is a genre of literature where the main characters suffer due to flaws they have individually or collectively. Such flaws might be dishonesty, hiding of a secret, greed, excessive display of love, stubbornness, etc.

The story of Romeo and Juliet is one such example of a literary piece marked by tragedy. The cause of the tragedy can be attributed to the excessive display of love by the young couple. This eventually led to their death and mourning for their respective families. A tragedy usually has a sad ending as was the case in this story.

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.