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A mystery and tragedy at sea Tragedy struck after judge put off security system September 11 Tragedy Bigfoot Prank Almost Results in Tragedy Students, faculty gather to mourn tragedy Living With Landmines: the unnoticed tragedy

In these news headlines, what does the word tragedy mean? What types of events are considered tragedies and why?

Broadly defined, Tragedy is a literary (specifically dramatic) presentation of serious actions in which the chief character has a disastrous fate. There are many different kinds and theories of tragedy, starting with the Greeks and Aristotle's definition in The Poetics, "the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself...with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions."

Tragedy * drama that relates the fall of a person of high status as a result of the protagonist’s tragic flaw *celebrates courage and dignity as the hero faces inevitable doom *begins in chaos and ends with the restoration of order