Tragedy

tragic

ˈtradʒɪk/

adjective

1. 1.

   causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.

   "the shooting was a tragic accident"

   synonyms:

   disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic, devastating,terrible, dreadful, appalling, horrendous, dire, ruinous, gruesome,awful, miserable, wretched, unfortunate; More
2. 2.

   relating to tragedy in a literary work.

   "the same rules apply whether the plot is tragic or comic"

noun

AUSTRALIAN/NZinformal

1. 1.

   a boring or socially inept person, typically having an obsessive and solitary interest.

   "at school she's not a complete tragic, but she's not exactly popular either"

Tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. By extension the term may be applied to other literary works, such as the novel.

Tragedy is kind of drama that presents a serious subject matter about human suffering and corresponding terrible events in a dignified manner. Greek Tragedy. The term is Greek in origin, dating back to the 5th century BC. It was a name assigned by the Greeks to a specific form of plays performed on festivals in Greece.


A tragic hero is usually a literary character of great stature whose moral defect leads to tragedy but some self-awareness. Beth Ellen Mckinney. The Greek philosopher Aristotle defined a tragic hero as a person of great stature and virtue who becomes aware of a moral defect within himself.