| | Well known Greek tragedians include [[Aeschylus]], [[Sophocles]], and [[Euripides]]. | | Well known Greek tragedians include [[Aeschylus]], [[Sophocles]], and [[Euripides]]. |
| − | [[William Shakespeare]]'s best-known tragedies are [[Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]], [[Romeo and Juliet]] and [[Macbeth]]. Others include [[Julius Caesar]], [[Titus Andronicus]], [[Troilus and Cressida]], [[Othello]], [[King Lear]], [[Antony and Cleopatra]], [[Coriolanus]] and [[Timon of Athens]]. | + | [[William Shakespeare]]'s best-known tragedies are [[Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]], [[Romeo and Juliet]] and [[Macbeth]]. Others include [[Julius Caesar]], [[Titus Andronicus]], Troilus and Cressida, [[Othello]], [[King Lear]], [[Antony and Cleopatra]], [[Coriolanus]] and [[Timon of Athens]]. |
| | A subvariation of tragedy is tragi-comedy - this can be used to describe people with limited intelligence and no self-awareness who embark on doomed endeavours based upon a ludicrously simplistic view of the world, for example [[Don Quixote]]. [[Ricky Gervais]] in particular can be considered a master of contemporary tragi-comedy, although non-fictional examples are not necessarily lacking. | | A subvariation of tragedy is tragi-comedy - this can be used to describe people with limited intelligence and no self-awareness who embark on doomed endeavours based upon a ludicrously simplistic view of the world, for example [[Don Quixote]]. [[Ricky Gervais]] in particular can be considered a master of contemporary tragi-comedy, although non-fictional examples are not necessarily lacking. |