A serious play with an unhappy ending is a 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.
In Greek plays, a happy ending is a comedy and a sad ending is a tragedy. That is the way Shakespeare's plays were categorized.
A tragedy has a sad ending. A melodrama is a play with simple one-dimensional characters and obvious conflicts. Melodramas often substitute spectacle for dramatic subtlety.
He had already indicated the sad conclusion of the play in the title: The Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
A play with a sad ending is called a tragedy, while a play with a happy ending is called a comedy.
A serious play with an unhappy ending is a tragedy.
There is no English word that meets the criteria, but there is one that ends with SAD: dorsad
and, sad, mad, pad, bad, tad, had
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.
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basically the only difference is the ending. a comedy will have a happy ending i.e. wedding, whereas a tragedy will have a sad ending usually the death of the main character. either one can have funny or sad parts throughout but the ending is what makes it a comedy or a tragedy.
Makes me feel sad :(
A tragedy.
tragedy
anxiety?
The word could be a dirge, or a lament.