a tragedy is a sort of play that is sad I personally think its about feeling and emotion in a tragedy play
A tragedy.
Greek tragedy
Greek tragedy
A serious play with an unhappy ending is a tragedy.
A serious play with an unhappy ending is a tragedy.
tragedy
Shakespeare's longest tragedy and longest play is Hamlet.
Tragedy of Nan and other plays Pub. 1909
It is a romantic tragedy.
Tragedy refers to play wherein the strength of the heroic character will be his downfall too. A popular example of a tragedy play is Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare.
Oedipus Rex is a tragedy because The main character (Oedipus) suffers a major loss of some sort that tears his/her life apart. The play can be called a Greek tragedy because hubris (pride or arrogance) is a main theme. The fact that the belief in gods and fate are very prevalent also make Oedipus Rex a Greek tragedy.
That kind of play is called a tragedy.