Tragedies

The Night Face, VI.

Raven recalls the titles of three classic tragedies:

Lear

Agamemnon

Old Men At Centauri

A few times before we have seen this kind of list extended into the future. Does the future addition seem quite plausible?

Raven also reflects on two real tragedies on Lochlann:

Vard of Helldale did not believe in his family honour but nevertheless rebelled in the name of it and was defeated and killed by his former comrades;

young Brand tended his insane wife in a peasant hut at the expense of breaking his regimental oath and losing friends, wealth and mistress.

Are these tragedies in the classic sense? Vard and Brand are not great men with fatal weaknesses but men who do the right thing by some criterion. I am not sure about family honour but commitment to a wife seems paramount.