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What does tragedy mean?

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Noun
  1. A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
  2. The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
  3. A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
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We sense the tragedy of the poetic ballad and the noble lineage of its characters in the very opening measures of the musical rendering.
Comedy and tragedy do not co-exist well and the gap between them widens as the film progresses.
What could have been more appropriate for this marital tragedy than, of all operas, Tristan und Isolde?
But it appears that Mori's response to the tragedy has effectively sealed his political fate.
If I was marrying the man I love, nothing, save a tragedy would stop the wedding.
And therein lies the tragedy of the public's mislaid focus on this one annual meeting.

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