Greek Tragedies Research Paper

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When you go see a play, does it ever occur to you that someone from thousands of years ago may have done the same thing? Or when you read a book, do you ever think that we got the ability fm the Greeks, who wrote books thousands of years ago? The Greeks performed on a stage in front of a crowd for others, and we continue that tradition today. Nearly every city-state had their own open-air theater, where crowds gathered to see performances. The Greeks performed comedies and tragedies. The tragedies showed stories, usually ending in disaster, of human suffering. The comedies, on the other hand, were humorous that mocked mostly people in power or families. They were like real life cartoons, making fun of society and everything going on. Today,