tragedies
Stories ending badly
Tragedies is the plural of tragedy.
A tragedy is a dramatic work depicting a protagonist's downfall, typically through fate or fatal character flaws: Greek tragedies, Shakespearean tragedies.
More broadly, any event causing great suffering or loss: The earthquake was a tragedy that claimed thousands of lives.
Personal tragedies shaped her worldview.
Of Athenian origin
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
- SophoclesClassical Athenian playwright
- EuripidesGreek tragic dramatist
- AeschylusFather of tragedy
Hamlet · Macbeth · Othello · Oedipus · Antigone · Medea · hubris · hamartia
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- anguishIntense mental suffering
despair · lamentation · tears · loss · suffering · woe · elegy · dirge
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
flood · wildfire · pandemic · famine · shipwreck · collapse · explosion · accident
Of grand, ancient verse
- IliadAncient Greek war epic
- OdysseyEpic of homecoming
- AeneidRoman founding epic
- MahabharataSanskrit war epic
Ramayana · Beowulf · Gilgamesh · heroic · mythic · legendary · saga · doom
Being without something
- deathCessation of life
- illnessState of poor health
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
heartbreak · divorce · bankruptcy · addiction · suicide · miscarriage · betrayal · estrangement
Greek
Of Athenian origin
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
- SophoclesClassical Athenian playwright
- EuripidesGreek tragic dramatist
Aeschylus · Hamlet · Macbeth · Othello · Oedipus · Antigone · Medea · hubris · hamartia · catharsis
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
anguish · despair · lamentation · tears · loss · suffering · woe · elegy · dirge · requiem
catastrophe
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
hurricane · flood · wildfire · pandemic · famine · shipwreck · collapse · explosion · accident · devastation
Homeric
Of grand, ancient verse
Mahabharata · Ramayana · Beowulf · Gilgamesh · heroic · mythic · legendary · saga · doom · fate
loss
Being without something
misfortune · heartbreak · divorce · bankruptcy · addiction · suicide · miscarriage · betrayal · estrangement · downfall
- Theater & Filmacting, drama, stage, screen, actors
- dramatic societiesdrama club, theater group, acting troupe, amateur theater, community theater
- headline-grabbersscandals, disasters, celebrities, crimes, breaking news
- stage showsplays, musicals, dramas, comedies, vaudeville
- Early Modern LiteratureShakespeare, Milton, Cervantes, Don Quixote, Paradise Lost
- Greek LiteratureHomer, myths, Greek poetry, fables, Iliad
tragediescomedies
Humorous dramatic works
farces · satires · romantic comedies · sitcoms · burlesques
tragediesblessings
Favors from the divine
triumphs · miracles · strokes of luck · windfalls · godsends
tragedieshappy endings
Positive story conclusions
triumphs · success stories · fairy tales · romances · redemption stories
- Greek tragediesAncient theatrical works of woe
- Shakespearean tragediesFatal dramatic works from Stratford