This document defines tragedy according to Aristotle and Oxford, and provides examples of tragedies. It discusses Aristotle's definition of a tragedy as an action that arouses pity and fear accomplishing a catharsis through language. Examples given are Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet about star-crossed lovers, and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman about a man searching for the American Dream and his late efforts to save himself.

1.  Name : Sejal N. Solanki
 Paper : 3. Literary Theory and Criticism-1
 Topic : Definition of Tragedy
 Roll No.: 36
 Enrollment No.: 2069108420200037
 E-mail : sejal.solanki3107@gmail.com
 Batch : 2019 - 2021
 Submitted to Dr. Dilip Barad Sir
 Maharaja Krishnakumar Singhji Bhavnagar
University.

2.  Definition of tragedy
 Oxford meaning of Tragedy
 Aristotle definition of tragedy
 Examples
1) Romeo And Juliet
2) The Death of Salesman.

3.  “ A tragedy is the
imitation of an action
that is serious and also ,
as having magnitude ,
complete in itself , in
appropriate and
pleasurable language in
a dramatic rather than
narrative from ; with
incidents arousing pity
and fear , wherewith to
accomplish a catharsis
of these emotions.

4.  An events causing great suffering , destruction
, and distress , such as a serious accident ,
crime or natural catastrophe.
 A play dealing with tragic events and having an
unhappy ending , especially one concerning
the downfall of the main character.
 Tragedy is a type of drama that presents a
serious subject matter about human suffering
and corresponding terrible in a dignified
manner.

5.  Tragedy is an imitation of an
action that is admirable ,
complete ( composed of an
introduction , a middle part
and an ending ), and
possesses magnitude ; in
language made pleasurable ,
each of its species separated
in different parts performed
by actors not through
narration effecting through
pity and fear the purification
effecting through pity and
fear the purification of such
emotion.

6.  William
Shakespeare
 Hamlet
 Romeo and Juliet
 Othello
 King Lear
 Macbeth
 Antony and Cleopatra
 Troilus and Cressida

7.  Christopher Marlow
 Tamburlaine
 Doctor Faustus
 The Jew of Malta
 Edward 3

8.  Arthur Miller
 All my Sons
 Death of a Salesman
 The Crucible
 A View of The Bridge
 The Misfits
 John Webster
 Titus Andronicus
 The White Devils
 The Duchess f Malfi

10.  Written by William
Shakespeare
 Most Famous Play
 Called “ Star Crossed
Lovers “
 Against their Family
 Downfall

12.  Written by Arthur Miller
 Tragedy of protagonist
Willy Loman
 Death of Linda’s
husband
 Searching for the
American Dream
 Late to save Willy

14. o Considering the Definition by Aristotle
regarding what tragic hero is and he
meaning of tragedy , Othello passes as a
Tragic hero and the play by Shakespeare is
an Aristotelian Tragedy.
o This makes a play typical Typical tragic
drama. Shakespeare applies all
Qualification.
o Emotions with the Death of the Protagonist.

15.  https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2013/01/ma-
english-study-material-reading.html
 https://www.britannica.com/art/tragedy-
literature/Theory-of-tragedy
 https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-
shakespeare/shakespedia/shakespeares-
plays/romeo-and-juliet/
 https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/salesman/sum
mary/