This research aims to compare classical and modern tragedies in form and content. It is descriptive-analytical research using library resources. According to studies, classical Greek tragedy is nearly devoid of comedy and humor, yet seeing the absurd behavior of some characters and their telling retort may elicit a brief smile. However, the authors and actors of tragedies and sad plays made up for this by composing half-human, half-goat plays by dividing the fourth part into four plays, four dramas, or three tragedies and one satire. It was a humorous parody of the comfort one feels after being wholly depleted emotionally by compassion and fear. However, Ibsen used mostly realistic techniques in his plays like "Desire Under the Elms," the modern tragedy can employ a wide variety of techniques. Nevertheless, O'Neill ventured to employ the expressionist style in "The Emperor Jones" and "The Hairy Ape." Although modern tragic theory primarily highlights the impossibility of creating modern tragedy, tragic art is still alive in terms of the various possibilities presented by the settings, which range from ornate to abstract scenes. Tragedies are not all modern theater, and they have never been all of the theater at any time.
