tragedy

C773
concept

Tragedy is a dramatic or narrative form in which a protagonist, often of high status or noble character, is brought to ruin or profound suffering through a combination of personal flaws, fate, and unavoidable circumstances, evoking pity and fear in the audience.

All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
tragedy canonical 82
Jacobean tragedy 10
Roman tragedy 7

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: tragedy
Generated description
Tragedy is a dramatic or narrative form in which a protagonist, often of high status or noble character, is brought to ruin or profound suffering through a combination of personal flaws, fate, and unavoidable circumstances, evoking pity and fear in the audience.

Instances (117)

Instance Via concept surface
Le Malentendu
Ajax (Sophocles)
Jephta
Hecuba (Euripides) Greek tragedy
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
Palamedes
Hamlet
Titus Andronicus
Coriolanus
Antony and Cleopatra
Seven Against Thebes (play)
Alcestis
Macbeth
Greek tragedy
The Spanish Tragedy
linked to: Thomas Kyd
revenge tragedy
The Duchess of Malfi
linked to: John Webster
Egmont
Faust, Part One tragic play
The Duchess of Malfi Jacobean tragedy
The Spanish Tragedy revenge tragedy
Prometheus Bound
The Fault in Our Stars
The Cardinal
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra (Euripides) Greek tragedy
Timon of Athens
The Politician
Die Räuber
linked to: "Die Räuber"
Kabale und Liebe
linked to: "Kabale und Liebe"
Der Hofmeister
linked to: "Der Hofmeister"
bourgeois tragedy
Alfonso, King of Castile
The Cenci
The Women of Trachis
The Traitor revenge tragedy
Iphigenia in Tauris Greek tragedy
Ajax (Sophocles)
linked to: Ajax
Death of a Salesman
Cato (play)
All My Sons
The Maid's Revenge
A View from the Bridge
Othello
linked to: Othello (play)
Love's Cruelty
Richard III
Bertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand
Emilia Galotti bourgeois tragedy
Hercules Furens Latin tragedy
Hercules Oetaeus Latin tragedy
Troades Roman tragedy
Octavia Roman tragedy