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nounan event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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noundrama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pityOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains tragedy
- tragic of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
- hamlet the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father
- lear the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
- othello the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
- iago the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife
- melpomene (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy
- tragicomedy a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
- king lear the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
- thespis Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC)