Greek drama or tragedy

A file picture shows unemployed workers from different unions gather outside the Labour Ministry in Athens recently demanding benefits and health insurance for all unemployed workers. The Greek tragedy is that its unemployment level is running at 26 of the work force, and about 50 for its youth. – AFP

What is the difference between the two?

ONE is an epic of heroism, treachery, blood and tears that can be of three types – tragedy, comedy and satiric. A tragedy is a mess with loss for all. January’s election of the anti-austerity and left-leaning party in Greece (the fount of democracy) highlights the bandwidth of Greek drama – an irrefutable democratic vote for debt forgiveness facing an impossible condition for austerity.