tragedy
/ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/ noun B1- A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
- The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
- A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
Plural tragedies
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“I have not shut an eye since the tragedy, thinking, thinking, thinking, night and day, what the true meaning of it can be.
A terrible tragedy had occurred at the Manor House, and John Douglas had been murdered.
## Chapter III The Tragedy of Birlstone
The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead of—as is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedy—going home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow,—is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.
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