It can reasonably be inferred from the author's assessments of Eagleton's and Mandel's views of tragedy that A. Mandel's and Eagleton's conceptions of tragedy can ultimately be dismissed B. both theorists fall short of the mark of what constitutes tragedy, but for different reasons C. the tragic has as much to do with what is very sad as it has to do with the inevitability requirement D. the fact that tragic heroes undergo great suffering is at the center of both accounts E. tragic literature is most fully understood when it combines the insights of many different thinkers