Tragedies permit the audience to reach a deeper psychological integration by providing an opportunity to identify with the world of a play in which suffering is accepted and an increased awareness of death and suffering, and often consolation, are achieved. 'The play and the characters begin in ignorance and

end in knowledge; they begin calmly, rise to fear, and conclude in consolation.' The Bacchae and Death of a Salesman are cited as illustrations of this view.