2007-01-23 21:57:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pathos is watching George W Bush struggling in a tar pit holding a fluffy bunny.
Tragedy is someone pulling him out.
2007-01-24 01:10:03 · answer #1 · answered by citizen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greek words,no relation between them
. pathos: 1.anything that happens to anyone 2. strong desire for someone or sthg.
2.tragedy: origin of word from the ancient and dramatic theatre of ancient Greece. used to tell tragic stories about persons and families and therefore the word tragedy nowadays means :something really awful, bad.
2007-01-23 22:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by disco ball 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pathos is a device to work the emotional quality of the observers... usually exploited, causing numbness.
Tragedy equates to a 'sad' outcome, but originally it was a theatrical device for stirring emotive responses.
2007-01-23 22:01:02 · answer #3 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋