tragedy's
Belonging to calamity
Tragedy's is the possessive form of tragedy, indicating something belonging to or associated with a tragedy.
It may refer to a dramatic work's qualities the tragedy's final act, a disastrous event's characteristics the tragedy's aftermath shocked the nation, or the abstract concept's nature tragedy's grip on the human imagination.
One admired for courage
- flawImperfection in something
- fatePredetermined course of events
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- arcCurved line segment
climax · ending · protagonist · antagonist · reversal · recognition · inevitable · fall
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- deathCessation of life
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
heartbreak · funeral · victim · bereaved · memorial · tears · condolence · anguish
Author of stage dramas
- stageRaised performance platform
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- protagonistStory's central figure
chorus · Sophocles · Euripides · Shakespeare · hamartia · theatron · mask · Greek
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
destruction · devastation · emergency · rescue · survivor · aftermath · rubble · collapse
Rotating motion or surprise
- unforeseenNot predicted or expected
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- timingArt of choosing moments
misfortune · poignant · bittersweet · fate · circumstance · reversal · unexpected · chance
hero
One admired for courage
arc · climax · ending · protagonist · antagonist · reversal · recognition · inevitable · fall · nobility
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
devastation · heartbreak · funeral · victim · bereaved · memorial · tears · condolence · anguish · lamentation
playwright
Author of stage dramas
- stageRaised performance platform
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
protagonist · chorus · Sophocles · Euripides · Shakespeare · hamartia · theatron · mask · Greek · Elizabethan
catastrophe
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
casualty · destruction · devastation · emergency · rescue · survivor · aftermath · rubble · collapse · explosion
twist
Rotating motion or surprise
- unforeseenNot predicted or expected
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
timing · misfortune · poignant · bittersweet · fate · circumstance · reversal · unexpected · chance · near-miss
- classic tragedyDrama ending in catastrophe
- classical tragedySerious ancient drama, catastrophic ending
- comedy and tragedy
- national tragedyDisaster striking whole country
- Greek tragedyClassical dramatic form featuring downfall
- modern tragedySerious play, present setting