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A tragedy is a genre of drama based on human suffering, specifically by way of terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy
Reliefs from Tarentum (Modern Day Taranto) believed to depict scenes from Greek tragedy: at left Electra and Orestes, who murder their mother Clytemne
Reliefs from Tarentum (Modern Day Taranto) believed to depict scenes from Greek tragedy: at left Electra and Orestes, who murder their mother Clytemnestra in order to avenge their father, Agamemnon; Clytemnestra was motivated by Agamemnon taking the princess Cassandra as concubine, and by Agamemnon sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia. At right is Oedipus and Antigone; Oedipus was abandoned as an infant and adopted by a shepherd; he then unknowingly murdered his father and married his mother, siring children including Antigone. When Oedipus became aware of what he had done, he put out his own eyes in horror; his daughter here guides him.
The Bacchae, ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
The Bacchae, ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Scene from the tragedy Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides. Roman fresco in Pompeii.
Scene from the tragedy Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides. Roman fresco in Pompeii.
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911) King Lear, Cordelia's Farewell
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911) King Lear, Cordelia's Farewell
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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the
Tragedy
…A tragedy is a genre of drama based on human suffering, specifically by way of terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters. Traditionally, the…
Depiction of a scene from Shakespeare's play Richard III
Depiction of a scene from Shakespeare's play Richard III
Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century BC – early 1st century AD, Princeton University Art Museum
Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century BC – early 1st century AD, Princeton University Art Museum
An ivory statuette of a Roman actor of tragedy, 1st century AD
An ivory statuette of a Roman actor of tragedy, 1st century AD
Stage drawing from a 15th-century vernacular morality play The Castle of Perseverance (as found in the Macro Manuscript)
Stage drawing from a 15th-century vernacular morality play The Castle of Perseverance (as found in the Macro Manuscript)