ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A story or play that ends UNHAPPILY is known as ____
A
Comedy
B
Tragedy
C
Fiction
D
Sadness
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A tragedy is a play that ends unhappily. Tragedies put human limitations against the larger forces of destiny.

Detailed explanation-2: -A tragedy is a genre that focuses on human suffering and does not have a happy ending.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsis, or a “pain [that] awakens pleasure", for the audience.

Detailed explanation-4: -The sad ending seems to be a rule of the tragic genre, or at least a part of its definition. However, many of the ancient tragedies we are still able to read have a happy ending and theorists proved that probably many of the tragedies that are now lost used to have a happy ending.

Detailed explanation-5: -A tragicomedy might be a serious drama interspersed with funny moments that periodically lighten the mood, or a drama that has a happy ending.

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