You are at your local theatre witnessing a play about a king. This king wields much power and is liked by his subjects, but he has insatiable greed. His greed causes him to lose what matters most in his life, and the play ends with a soliloquy about how he wishes he could change what he did. You leave the theatre feeling pity for the king, even though he caused his own fate. According to Aristotle's The Poetics, what genre of play did you just witness?

A. historical epic
B. tragedy
C. tragicomedy
D. comedy

Answer: B

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