1. You have a bad feeling about this—but someone tells you not to worry, so you don’t.
This is how tragedies always start. A niggling sense of doom, swiftly ignored. Spoiler: you should’ve trusted your gut.

2. You’re very foolish. This is sad.
Tragedy thrives on poor decisions. If you’ve ever thought, “What’s the worst that could happen?”—brace yourself.

3. You spurn logical, helpful ideas and insist that your fate is sealed.
It’s not that things couldn’t be fixed—it’s that you’ve decided not to fix them. Sound familiar? You might be living in The Mousetrap.

4. Your name is very important to you.
If you’ve ever shouted “My honour!” louder than your own birthday, you’re squarely in tragedy territory.

5. You’re angry. Generally.
Your resting mood is: simmering rage. Probably best not to pick up a sword. It's giving Othello. 

6. Society oppresses you.
Whether it’s family, politics, or love that dares not speak its name, the system is against you. Elephaba in Wicked could relate.

7. Someone questions your honour. This is an outrage.
Good luck calming down after that. Revenge mode: activated.

8. You find that you talk a lot about your soul.
Normal people talk about the weather. You talk about eternal torment. It’s giving Hamlet.

9. Everything is either the best or worst thing that’s ever happened.
Mildly inconvenient? No—it’s catastrophic. Slightly nice? It’s heaven on earth. Subtlety is not your strong suit.

10. You notice an odd disruption of “the norm”—and immediately dive headfirst into it.
Instead of saying “That’s weird” and walking away, you get involved. Congratulations: you’re doomed. Unless you’re in Les Misérables—in which case, at least you get some unforgettable songs on your way down. 

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