ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tragedy (from the Greek: , tragōidia) is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character.

Detailed explanation-2: -A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragic story or drama, in which, despite their virtuous and sympathetic traits and ambitions, they ultimately meet defeat, suffering, or even an untimely end. They are often imperfect or wounded with some sort of fraught experience, and typically have some sort of fatal flaw.

Detailed explanation-3: -tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. By extension the term may be applied to other literary works, such as the novel.

Detailed explanation-4: -First, there is the complex tragedy, made up of peripeteia and anagnorisis; second, the tragedy of suffering; third, the tragedy of character; and fourth, the tragedy of spectacle.

Detailed explanation-5: -Aristotle defined three key elements which make a tragedy: harmartia, anagnorisis, and peripeteia. Hamartia is a hero’s tragic flaw; the aspect of the character which ultimately leads to their downfall.