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