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Tragedy
Definition: Serious drama in which conflict between the protagonist and a superior force end in disaster.
I. Word Origin
A. tragedie
M.E.
B. tragoedia
Latin
C. tragoidia
Greek
1. tragos
goat
2. aeidein
to sing
II. Properties
Properties of tragedy were defined by Aristotle.
A. tragic flaw
B. catastrophe
C. catharsis
III. Comparisons
A tragic character may experience these but they are not by themselves tragic.
A. distress
B. misfortune
C. calamity
IV. Examples
A. Medea
B. Antigone
C. Oedipus Rex
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