BY: Chris Sanchez and

Roger Garcia
a tragedy :
is a drama or literary work in which the
main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme
sorrow especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw,
moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable
circumstances
Antony and Cleopatra
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
What makes a tragic play?

Tragic plays involve a protagonist of high estate who
falls from prosperity to misery through a series of
reversals and discoveries as a result of a tragic flaw
which is generally an error caused by human frailty

A tragic play usually has a sorrowful or disastrous
ending that excites pity or terror