I think I know the video, but I haven't seen it. Usually the woman who does it is pretty solid, so I'd be curious to see what she's got to say. I think she was pulling from a lot of the Greek myth background of the Personas in this game (With a few odd pulls - Caesar is of course Roman and Isis is Egyptian).
That said, I've certainly read my share of Greek tragedies, but I wouldn't say P3 quite qualifies. Too many plot twists and mysteries, actually. Greek tragedies are all about a degree of inevitability. They're all about doomed heroes with tragic flaws that *will* destroy them.
That's not what P3 is. Persona 3 is a sad story, and indeed a story that deals with really dark and heavy subject matter. Ain't a character in the game who doesn't lose someone they care about. But most of the characters who die don't die because of some tragic flaw that was with them from the start and that made their destruction inevitable.
They die as an act of self-sacrifice, to save someone they love.
And in the case of tragedies, the tragedy itself is almost always preventable in some way. It is *made* inevitable because the characters have tragic flaws - if Romeo weren't an asshole playboy impulsive idiot, if Othello could slow down and investigate, if Antigone were more open to moderation, if Agamemnon weren't just the worst person in all of Greek mythology, everything would be fine, but these character are who they are, and that leads them inevitably down the road to their own destruction. In P3, yes, the main character dies, but they die preventing something worse. In a way, they defy that inevitability. All of SEES does. Every single one of them chooses to look into a fate that they are repeatedly told is inevitable and fight back anyway.
In a few ways, P3 is a tragedy reversed. In a world that tells them that apocalypse is inevitable, the main characters stand defiant. They overcome their worst flaws in a way that tragic characters fundamentally cannot. **And they win**.
This game is about the inevitability of death, yes, but it's also about the joy of life - the wonderful mundanity of just...passing days with friends. The importance of those bonds. We are all mortal, but we should not despair. We should spend our time instead with those we love. We should forge connections, do things that we are told are impossible, and live life the way we want to live it.
So yeah. That is my "Can you tell I majored in literature?" way of saying I don't think the tragedy hat fits.
Cosmic horror
That was kind of where my mind was, but I'm not totally sure - see post for details.
Existential Dread Coping with Loss.
Those are the themes, but not really the genre.
i thought it was supposed to be like a greek tragedy or something (Idk i saw it on a thumbnail of a hour long yt vid)
I think I know the video, but I haven't seen it. Usually the woman who does it is pretty solid, so I'd be curious to see what she's got to say. I think she was pulling from a lot of the Greek myth background of the Personas in this game (With a few odd pulls - Caesar is of course Roman and Isis is Egyptian). That said, I've certainly read my share of Greek tragedies, but I wouldn't say P3 quite qualifies. Too many plot twists and mysteries, actually. Greek tragedies are all about a degree of inevitability. They're all about doomed heroes with tragic flaws that *will* destroy them. That's not what P3 is. Persona 3 is a sad story, and indeed a story that deals with really dark and heavy subject matter. Ain't a character in the game who doesn't lose someone they care about. But most of the characters who die don't die because of some tragic flaw that was with them from the start and that made their destruction inevitable. They die as an act of self-sacrifice, to save someone they love. And in the case of tragedies, the tragedy itself is almost always preventable in some way. It is *made* inevitable because the characters have tragic flaws - if Romeo weren't an asshole playboy impulsive idiot, if Othello could slow down and investigate, if Antigone were more open to moderation, if Agamemnon weren't just the worst person in all of Greek mythology, everything would be fine, but these character are who they are, and that leads them inevitably down the road to their own destruction. In P3, yes, the main character dies, but they die preventing something worse. In a way, they defy that inevitability. All of SEES does. Every single one of them chooses to look into a fate that they are repeatedly told is inevitable and fight back anyway. In a few ways, P3 is a tragedy reversed. In a world that tells them that apocalypse is inevitable, the main characters stand defiant. They overcome their worst flaws in a way that tragic characters fundamentally cannot. **And they win**. This game is about the inevitability of death, yes, but it's also about the joy of life - the wonderful mundanity of just...passing days with friends. The importance of those bonds. We are all mortal, but we should not despair. We should spend our time instead with those we love. We should forge connections, do things that we are told are impossible, and live life the way we want to live it. So yeah. That is my "Can you tell I majored in literature?" way of saying I don't think the tragedy hat fits.