Question: Do not drama and tragedy do harm. Answer: There are many things that harm us, but there are many things which at the same thing are interesting. Besides this, there are minds that are more attracted to tragedy than to anything else. It is natural, for when there is a sore that sore feels alive for the moment, a sensation which is perhaps agreeable. It may be called pain, but it is an agreeable pain when the sore is scratched. Tragedy has that effect. No doubt too much tragedy is not desirable for anybody, but an artistic nature, a person who loves poetry, finds something in tragedy. It would be depriving oneself of a great joy not to read Shakespeare. But when people write poetry in connection with some personality, a king or a sovereign, or anyone, then there is a direct effect, whereas the poetry of Shakespeare is general. However, a play has an effect, and a serious effect too!