2021-02-16 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – Tragedy & tradegy

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2021-02-16

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – Tragedy & tradegy

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ออกเสียง tragedy = ‘TRAJ-i-dee’

ไม่มีคำสะกดว่า  tradegy ใน ภาษาอังกฤษ

CULTURAL DEFINITIONS FOR TRAGEDY

tragedy

A serious drama in which a central character,

the protagonist

— usually an important, heroic person

— meets with disaster either through some personal fault

or through unavoidablecircumstances.

In most cases, the protagonist's downfall

conveys a sense of human dignity in the face of great conflict.

Tragedyoriginated in ancient Greece

in the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

In modern times, it achieved excellence with William Shakespeare

in such worksas Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello.

Twentieth-century tragediesinclude

Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, and

Murder in the Cathedral, by T. S. Eliot.

THE NEW DICTIONARY OF CULTURAL LITERACY, THIRD EDITION

NOTES FOR TRAGEDY

Aristotle argued that the proper effect of tragedy is catharsis

— the purging of the emotions.

THE NEW DICTIONARY OF CULTURAL LITERACY, THIRD EDITION

NOTES FOR TRAGEDY

In common usage,

disastersof many kinds are called tragedies.

Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary

Tragedy & tradegy

Not only do people often misspell "tragedy" as "tradegy,"

they mispronounce it that way too.

Just rememberthat the adjective is "tragic"

to recall that it's the G that comes after the A.

Also commonis the misspelling "tradgedy."