Critic: Works of modern literature cannot be tragedies as those of ancient playwrights and storytellers were unless their protagonists are seen as possessing nobility, which endures through the calamities that befall one
In an age that no longer takes seriously the belief that human endeavors are governed by fate, it is ttherefore impossible for a contemporary work of literature to be a tragedy
Most plays that were once classified as tragedies were misclassified.