The Book of Job is considered a tragedy because it deals with the suffering and struggles of the main character, Job, who experiences severe loss and hardship despite being a righteous man. The story explores themes of human suffering, questioning the nature of God's justice and the legitimacy of undeserved pain. Ultimately, it is a tale of endurance and faith in the face of profound adversity.
No. A tragedy requires that the protagonist bring his fate on himself. Hamlet and MacBeth are tragedies because the hero's actions bring about the consequences of their fates. Job does nothing (or very little) to bring about what happens to him, even thought its a great deal that happens to him. The book of job is really just a bunch of philosophising over the question 'Why do bad things happen to good people?' and doesn't come up with much of a satisfying answer. Furthermore somebody tacted a happy ending onto the book of Job that would further remove it from being a tragedy.
This book is not a tragedy, it is a comedy. It is also on the banned books list.
Read the book
a tragedy.
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I thought that "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russel was a tragedy and if not it certainly ended tragically for the 'protagonist' Sandoz .
yes yes it is
The Book of Job is definitely an epic poem, in fact the longest in the Old Testament. It is unusual in that it combines prose and poetry, with the narrative being in prose and the dialogue in poetry. In the 18th century, scholars all but universally regarded Job as a drama. They counted the acts, and discussed the struc­ture of the play. However, there has never been a complete consensus among scholars that the book was based on the style of a Greek tragedy. A modern view, put by Charles Lee Feinberg ThD, PhD sees closer parallels with early Syrian forms. The book may have been a reworking of some older creation stories, fragments of which are also seen in the Psalms, blended in with a didactic narrative involving God and Satan. But, while there may be some parallels with the style of Greek tragedy, we can not really say that this was the origin of Job.
Romance or Tragedy.
Uh....... read the book
"An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser.