Within the Book of Job, there are several tragic elements in the book that display the tragic sense of life, mainly within Job's own life. To understand the tragedy in Job, an understanding of the tragic sense must also be present. One particular teaching in the tragic sense recognizes hubris within the tragedy stricken character. This sense of hubris, or pride, is developed because that man does not want to become victim to the forces of fate and wishes to retain some level of dignity. This aspect of tragedy is evident in the book and is seen in the character Job. Job argues throughout the work and that he is innocent of all crimes and defends staunchly to both God and his friends that he has been wronged. The scenes in the book that deal with Job arguing with God embody the tragic sense in the work because Job wished to retain some of his own dignity by arguing that he is not sinful but innocent.
             Another element of the tragic sense is the idea of the boomerang, or the illusion of making progress but instead "boomeranging" back to the original starting point. This can also be found inside the Book of Job. The main portion of the book consists of Job bickering back and forth with his friends concerning his suffering, and despite all their arguments neither ever reached a consensus. The lack of agreement between Job and his friends shows how the tragic idea of the boomerang effect is present because, while each feels that they are making a point to defend their case, there really just keep going in circles, never coming to any conclusion about the cause of Job's suffering.
             The last element of the tragic sense evident in the Book of Job, is the concept of the irrational universe. The irrational universe is one that cannot be comprehended by humans and will never make sense to them, even through the use of reason. In the book at the end, Jobs admits to knowing nothing of God and the universe or God's ultimat...