ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tragedy. A serious work of drama in which the hero (also called the tragic hero) suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions.

Detailed explanation-2: -tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual.

Detailed explanation-3: -A tragedy is a drama in which a series of actions leads to the downfall of the main character, called the tragic hero. The plot builds to a catastrophe, or a disastrous final outcome, that usually involves the death of the hero and many others.

Detailed explanation-4: -Catastrophe The action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the denouement or falling action of a play.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.