Free will is in many cases dictated by the way our environment is presented to us. A tragedy is found when people make decisions that end up not being beneficial for them in the long run. If tragedy is made to get a response from an audience, how can authors get that response with such a ridiculous premise as self destruction.
When it comes down to it, self destruction is not that ridiculous of a premise. A persons individual motives are not the only things involved in making a decision. Tragedy becomes so realistic when we realize this fact. The characters in tragedies destroy themselves because of the different people in their environment. Many different factors including people's intuition lead them to not think through decisions and ultimately destroy them. "Our intuition fools us, even after being showed reality.
Free will is almost never present in tragic literature. If every single person did the best actions that would benefit the most people. However in tragedy, people are not perfect. Characters in tragedy make choices that in the end destroy them.
When it comes down to it, self destruction is not that ridiculous of a premise. A persons individual motives are not the only things involved in making a decision. Tragedy becomes so realistic when we realize this fact. The characters in tragedies destroy themselves because of the different people in their environment. Many different factors including people's intuition lead them to not think through decisions and ultimately destroy them. "Our intuition fools us, even after being showed reality.
Free will is almost never present in tragic literature. If every single person did the best actions that would benefit the most people. However in tragedy, people are not perfect. Characters in tragedy make choices that in the end destroy them.