A serious play with an unhappy ending is a tragedy.
tragedy
A Christmas carol
Denouement
A tragedy is any play with a sad ending while a comedy is a play with a happy ending. Romeo and Juliet is considered a tragedy because both of the youthful, innocent lovers end up dying.
Well, you got the beginning, middle-part and the ending which makes the storyline, is that what you were after?
if ends happy, comedy. ends sad, tragedy. The term tragicomedy is sometimes used.
A tragedy.
tragedy
A Christmas carol
A serious play with an unhappy ending is called a tragedy.
Denouement
Comedy
tragedy
A tragedy is any play with a sad ending while a comedy is a play with a happy ending. Romeo and Juliet is considered a tragedy because both of the youthful, innocent lovers end up dying.
The phrase "star-crossed lovers" in the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" gives a clue that the play will have a sad ending because it suggests that their fates are predetermined and doomed by the stars.
so what?
no