tragedy
C773
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 |
| Greek tragedy | 4 |
| Shakespearean tragedy | 4 |
| revenge tragedy | 4 |
| bourgeois tragedy | 3 |
| tragedy film | 3 |
| Latin tragedy | 2 |
| historical tragedy | 2 |
| Dutch tragedy | 1 |
| classical tragedy | 1 |
| lost Greek tragedy | 1 |
| lost ancient Greek tragedy | 1 |
| musical tragedy | 1 |
| naturalistic tragedy | 1 |
| neoclassical tragedy | 1 |
| tragic arc | 1 |
| tragic play | 1 |
| tragic story | 1 |
| tragédie | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: tragedy
Generated description
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.
Instances (117)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ennius’ lost tragedy Thyestes | Roman tragedy |
| King Lear | Shakespearean tragedy |
| Long Day’s Journey into Night | — |
| El castigo sin venganza | — |
| Adelchi | — |
| Il conte di Carmagnola | — |
| Death and the King’s Horseman | — |
| Thierry and Theodoret | — |
| Hiketidai | — |
| El médico de su honra | — |
| Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge | — |
| Shakespeare’s Richard II | — |
| Julius of Tarent | — |
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Sturm und Drang tragedy "Julius of Tarent"
surface form:
Julius of Tarent
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| Julius von Tarent | — |
| The Mad Hercules | Roman tragedy |
| The Crucible | — |