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Tragedy
Tragedy (Ancient Greek: τραγῳδία, tragōidia, "he-goat-song"]. is a form of art based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. While most cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, tragedy refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of Western civilisation. That tradition has been multiple and discontinuous, yet the term has often been used to invoke a powerful effect of cultural identity and historical continuity—"the Greeks and the Elizabethans, in one cultural form; Hellenes an
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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
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― Man and Superman
― Man and Superman
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He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.
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― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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