What is Tragedy?

Tragedy is genre of despair and darkness, meant to be realistic and to invoke emotions of sadness and pity in the viewers. There are several elements that all tragedies contain. Tragedies are more physical where their opposites, comedies, are more verbal. This means that tragedies are centered around tragic events, not so much on dialogue. Tragedies also have very specif plot lines; the most noticeable thing about the plot of a tragedy is its midpoint, the place where the plot line could split and go forward either positively or negatively. The end of a tragedy usually involves death, either of the protagonist or of someone close to them. If you want to determine if something is a tragedy, you have to look at the situation of the characters. If their situation improved throughout the story, then it was probably not a tragedy. If at the end, the characters are worse off than they started and/or dead, then it most likely falls into the category of tragedy.