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What themes were common in Greek tragedy?

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Love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods.

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Tragedy dealt with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been.

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