Tragedy, starting with the Greeks (Oedipus the King), working to Shakespeare (King Lear), and evolving even more to the 20th century (Death of a Salesman), has changed a great deal over the years. Progressing gradually at some points to some points of sharp contrast. The tragedy we know today is very different to what the Greeks saw in there tragedies. Oedipus the King is a classic Greek Tragedy. It follows the unities that the Greek’…showed first 75 words of 890 total…

…showed last 75 words of 890 total…not sure that the actual quality of the plays has gotten any better. Some of the Shakesperian and Greek plays still hold true as some of the best tragic plays ever written. Being recreated time after time, not just because of there artistic ability, but because they truly are classics. Someday maybe plays similar to Death of a Salesman will reach the same level of fame as some of the plays of the past have.