tragedy

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Trivia about tragedy

Perhaps from the Greek for "goat song", it's a drama that often has a fatal conclusion, such as "Othello"
Aristotle called this type of drama "The imitation of an action that is serious and...complete in itself"
Cyril Tourneur liked this basic dramatic genre; "The Atheist's" one & "The Revenger's" one are attributed to him
"Show me a hero", wrote Fitzgerald, "and I will write you" one of these dramas