tragedy
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A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.
A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.
The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.
Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
Asking is no sin, and being refused is no tragedy.
A guest is a gift, a thief a tragedy.
Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.