Regarding the passage as a whole, the author's opinion of the first and second requirements spelled out in Mandel's definition of tragedy is most likely that A. neither the first nor the second requirement fits very easily with the condition of powerlessness that the author defends in the final paragraph B. the first, but not the second, requirement is essentially at odds with the author's claim that Chekhov's Three Sisters is a work that exemplifies the condition of powerlessness C. the second, but not the first, requirement would have to be rejected on the grounds that it is ostensibly the case that the sisters in Three Sisters do not undergo great suffering D. in light of the condition of powerlessness that the author endorses, it can be concluded that both requirements should not figure prominently in any account of tragedy E. neither the first nor the second requirement should be necessarily ruled out in our attempt to grasp the essence of tragedy, provided that neither is antithetical to the condition of powerlessness