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Definition of Tragedy
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Tragedy
A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence. Related Definitions:
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Tragedy Quotations
One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic. Joseph Stalin The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. Joseph Stalin History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr. All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. Oscar Wilde Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel. Horace Walpole |
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Tragedy Translations
tragedy in Afrikaans is tragedie tragedy in Dutch is tragisch tragedy in Italian is tragedia, tragedia tragedy in Spanish is tragedia tragedy in Swedish is tragedi |
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