drama drama drama

So today as I was analyzing the works of the Carracci's, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bonzino, and Varaci; I realized something.  A vast majority of their art portray a sense of suffering and pain.  In lecture our Professor spoke of Aristotle's Hierarchy of Genres.  The most important works were that of tragedy.  Second was comedy, followed by satire, genre..so on and so forth.  Why did society then, and even still now, focus so much on tragedy.  It's as if misery was valued.  Of course the classic triumphs and downfalls have a deeply rooted meaning.  However, does the happiness of a comedy automatically become outweighed?  If I wanted to value suffering over happiness, I would definitely sit at home alone every night and read Macbeth in the candlelight.  However, besides sliding into a definite depression, why would anyone want to do that?  Don't get me wrong, Macbeth is a brilliant play, but sometimes I feel like people think that the only valuable or good works of art are the ones that make you feel sad, or angry, or ponder the meanings of life.  I feel that something that arouses a sense of happiness and well being can be just as archaic.  Well anyways, those were my thoughts today.  It carries into skating too.  For a while, and even now, everyone in ice dance skated to drama.  Pretending like you are dying is the thing to do...didn't you know?  haha ok.  Well..also don't get me wrong, I love the drama.  I just think people lose sight of the simple, happy things in life; and forget how valuable they can be.  We overanalyze everything, and I can surely attest to that...just read my blog! haha ;)