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[[Image:Aeschylus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Aeschylus]] ]]

[[Image:Aeschylus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Aeschylus]] ]]

A '''tragedy''' is a [[drama]] (or more loosely any event) with an unhappy ending, and more specifically a form of drama popular first in [[Ancient Greece]] and then Elizabethan England.

A '''tragedy''' is a [[drama]] (or more loosely any event) with an unhappy ending, and more specifically a form of drama popular first in [[Ancient Greece]] and then [[Elizabethan England]].

While the tragedies of Greek theater derived their pathos from the inevitability of the fate of the main character (since mortals were mere playthings of the Gods), those of Shakespeare arguably surpassed this - the tragedy came from a flaw in the personality of the main character. In this way important questions were raised about the free will of the character - could, for example, Macbeth have chosen to be content with his position, rather than submit to his 'overvaulting' ambition?   

While the tragedies of Greek theater derived their pathos from the inevitability of the fate of the main character (since mortals were mere playthings of the Gods), those of [[William Shakespeare]] arguably surpassed this - the tragedy came from a flaw in the personality of the main character. In this way important questions were raised about the free will of the character - could, for example, Macbeth have chosen to be content with his position, rather than submit to his 'overvaulting' ambition?   

Well known Greek tragedians include [[Aeschylus]], [[Sophocles]], and [[Euripides]].   

Well known Greek tragedians include [[Aeschylus]], [[Sophocles]], and [[Euripides]].