Tragedy
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tragedy-171-933585
title:
Tragedy
text:
Tragedy is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsis, or a "pain [that] awakens pleasure,” for the audience. While many cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, the term tragedy often refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-d
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description:
Genre of drama based on human suffering
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy
date created:
2002-06-18T12:51:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T03:49:50Z
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