tragedy

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concept

Tragedy is a dramatic or narrative form in which a protagonist, often of high status or noble character, is brought to ruin or profound suffering through a combination of personal flaws, fate, and unavoidable circumstances, evoking pity and fear in the audience.

All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
tragedy canonical 82
Jacobean tragedy 10
Roman tragedy 7

Instances (117)

Instance Via concept surface
Le Malentendu
Ajax (Sophocles)
Jephta
Hecuba (Euripides) Greek tragedy
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
Palamedes
Hamlet
Titus Andronicus
Coriolanus
Antony and Cleopatra
Seven Against Thebes
surface form: Seven Against Thebes (play)
Alcestis by Euripides
surface form: Alcestis
Macbeth
Greek tragedy
Thomas Kyd
surface form: The Spanish Tragedy
revenge tragedy
John Webster
surface form: The Duchess of Malfi
Egmont
Faust, Part One tragic play
The Duchess of Malfi Jacobean tragedy
The Spanish Tragedy revenge tragedy
Prometheus Bound
The Fault in Our Stars
The Cardinal
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra (Euripides) Greek tragedy
Timon of Athens
The Politician
"Die Räuber"
surface form: Die Räuber
"Kabale und Liebe"
surface form: Kabale und Liebe
"Der Hofmeister"
surface form: Der Hofmeister
bourgeois tragedy
Alfonso, King of Castile
The Cenci
The Women of Trachis
The Traitor revenge tragedy
Iphigenia in Tauris Greek tragedy
Ajax
surface form: Ajax (Sophocles)
Death of a Salesman
Addison’s play "Cato"
surface form: Cato (play)
All My Sons
The Maid's Revenge
A View from the Bridge
Othello (play)
surface form: Othello
Love's Cruelty
Shakespeare’s play "Richard III"
surface form: Richard III
Bertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand
Emilia Galotti bourgeois tragedy
Hercules Furens Latin tragedy
Hercules Oetaeus Latin tragedy
Troades Roman tragedy
Octavia Roman tragedy