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An [[misfortune|unfortunate]] [[event]] or [[chain]] of events which [[causation|leads to]] [[suffering]], loss of [[life]], or [[serious]] [[repercussion]]s. The sense of the [[word]] is linked to its [[etymology|etymological]] [[root]]s in [[Greek tragedy]] which was a form of [[drama]] invented by [[playwright]]s such as [[Aeschylus]], [[Euripides]] and [[Sophocles]] in which a ''tragic [[hero]]'' such as [[Oedipus]] or [[Orestes]], who, despite [[good]] [[intention]]s, [[action|acts]] in [[good faith]] to strive for a [[positive]] [[outcome]] but has the unfortunate [[cause-and-effect|effect]] of bringing about suffering. Often the hero has what is called a ''tragic flaw'', a [[personality]] [[defect]] or [[trait]] which brings about the negative outcome. In the [[theatre]], a tragedy, despite the often grisly [[ending]], brings about a [[cartharsis]] for the [[audience]]; according to [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]]s such as [[Aristotle]], the cartharsis happens because theater-goers [[experience]] the [[pain]] [[vicarious|vicariously]], watching it happen in other people, and therefore get a kind of [[release]] and are [[relief|relieved]] that the [[horror|horrific]] [[fate]] did not happen to them.
An [[misfortune|unfortunate]] [[event]] or [[chain]] of events which [[causation|leads to]] [[suffering]], loss of [[life]], or [[serious]] [[repercussion]]s, often expressed as [[drama]] or [[literature]] but the term can describe real-life events

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A definition or brief description of Tragedy.

An unfortunate event or chain of events which leads to suffering, loss of life, or serious repercussions, often expressed as drama or literature but the term can describe real-life events

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