Tragedy

thumb|The classical Punjabi tragedy of Heer Ranjha, one of the four classic tragedies of [[Punjabi folklore; the tragedy's epic form by Waris Shah is regarded as one of the greatest pieces of Punjabi literature]]

thumb|250px|Mélodrame, painted by Honoré Daumier between 1855 and 1860, depicting a typical Parisian scene on [[Boulevard du Temple]]

thumb|Melpomene by Joseph Fagnani (1869) Melpomene (; ) is the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology. She is described as the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne (and therefore of power and memory) along with the other Muses, and she is often portrayed with a tragic theatrical mask.

thumb|Tragic Comic masks of Ancient Greek theatre represented in the [[Hadrian's Villa mosaic.]]

The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of ten episodes, for which production began in late 2016. The plot features a dystopia following a Second American Civil War wherein a theonomic, totalitarian society subjects fertile women, called "Handmaids", to child-bearing slavery.

1985 film by Elem Klimov

genre of theatre from Ancient Greece

nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll

Tragic romance in Punjabi literature

popular tragic romance of Punjab

tragedies written by William Shakespeare

The praetexta or fabula praetexta was a genre of Latin tragedy introduced at Rome by Gnaeus Naevius in the third century BC. It dealt with historical Roman figures, in place of the conventional Greek myths. Subsequent writers of praetextae included Ennius, Pacuvius and Lucius Accius. The name refers to the toga praetexta, purple striped, that was the official dress of Roman magistrates and priests. It was mainly a Roman garment. The toga praetexta was also worn by Roman freeborn girls before they came of age.

stock character; hero with a major flaw that leads to their eventual death and downfall

Five form of tragedy and comedy

The Testaments is an American dystopian drama television series produced for Hulu, based on the 2019 novel The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. It serves as a narrative continuation to The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025) created by Bruce Miller. The series premiered on April 8, 2026.

story in Shahnameh

Latin tragic performance based on Greek tragedy

dramatic genre in which the protagonist seeks revenge

genre in which the theme is revenge and its consequences

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