tragic mask
Theater's sorrowful face
A tragic mask is the sorrowful face used in ancient Greek theater to represent characters in tragedy, typically showing downturned mouth and anguished expression.
Paired with the comic mask, the two together symbolize drama itself—often seen as theater logos or tattoos.
Figuratively, someone wearing a tragic mask affects an expression of grief or suffering: She dropped the tragic mask and laughed.
- theaterVenue for live drama
- Greek theaterAncient outdoor performance venue
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- dramatic artsPerforming on stage
- stage playLive theatrical work
grief · sorrow · weeping · sad face · Greek · ancient Greece · stage · thespian · tears · mourning · theatrical · persona · disguise · actor · pathos · ancient · chorus · amphitheater
- masks & disguisesdisguise, masquerade, veil, false face, concealment
- Greek tragedySophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Oedipus, Antigone
- stagecraftstage left, stage right, center stage, downstage, upstage
- MusesCalliope, Clio, muse, Thalia, muses