User blog comment:Morganaforever/Merlin and Tragedy/@comment-4062486-20120904075657

This was definitely a good blog post! I kind of felt like I was back in the theatre sciences class I took last spring when I read it. :D In Estonia, we also use the word "puhastumine" (purification) about Katharsis, which basically means that the audience who has suffered with the character now feels relief. I definitely think that tragedy is a very interesting genre, especially after I learned more about it in my theatre class, although my favorite genre of theatre is actually comedy (and I definitely like drama as well).

As for Morgana, she definitely is a tragic character. She reminds me in a way of king Oedipus, because both of them try to escape their fate (for Oedipus, it is killing his father and marrying his mother, while for Morgana it is Merlin who is her destiny and her doom).

As for Lancelot and Uther, they are definitely quite tragic characters, but definitely not as tragic as Morgana. In the show we hear nothing of Uther's destiny, and neither does he see any dreams etc about his future. As for Lancelot, he knows that it is his destiny to be the bravest and most noble of them all, but he doesn't escape that fate in the end, but embraces it.