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Tragedy needs a strong storyteller, otherwise it doesn’t exist.
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The quote says that tragedy depends on a strong storyteller. Suffering or disaster alone does not create a tragedy; the story must shape those events into something people can understand and feel. Without that storytelling, the tragic meaning remains absent.
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