Tragedy

When tragedy strikes, it's a bad thing. But the bright side of most bad things is that there is a bright side.

Tragedy can be very satisfying, actually. Hard to believe but true.

One, you're immediately a victim. To tell your story of victimhood is satisfying. You're suddenly more interesting now that you're known for something. Beyond that, and I know this is the realm of alternate cliches, you can let it be known that you're put upon. To make others guilty and aware of your tragedy, if they had a hand in causing it, can be a very pleasant outcome.

Our favorite Shakespeare works are the tragedies. We like a fitting ending, and death as an ending is sometimes so much better than living, because it wraps up every loose end. They may not live happily ever really, but dead, they're definitely gone.

For myself, I don't like tragedy at all. But were it to happen, I would pose myself against the gray sky and look as heroic as possible. The act there is the stiff upper lip. And it'd help to have a scarf blowing randomly in the wind. That's a nice look.