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tragicomedy
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Tragi-comedy
(gcide) | Tragi-comedy \Trag`i-com"e*dy\, n. [Cf. F. tragicom['e]die, L.
tragicocomoedia. See Tragic, and Comedy.]
A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and
comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the
nature both of tragedy and comedy.
[1913 Webster]
The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure."
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] Tragi-comic |
tragi-comedy
(gcide) | Drama \Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L.
drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action,
and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to
depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than
ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It
is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by
actors on the stage.
[1913 Webster]
A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.
--Milton.
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2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and
interest. "The drama of war." --Thackeray.
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Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last. --Berkeley.
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The drama and contrivances of God's providence.
--Sharp.
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3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or
illustrating it; dramatic literature.
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Note: The principal species of the drama are tragedy and
comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy,
melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces.
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The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to
present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like
those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories
told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.
Dramatic |
tragicomedy
(wn) | tragicomedy
n 1: a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy
and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
2: a comedy with serious elements or overtones [syn:
seriocomedy, tragicomedy] |
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Tragi-comedy
(gcide) | Tragi-comedy \Trag`i-com"e*dy\, n. [Cf. F. tragicom['e]die, L.
tragicocomoedia. See Tragic, and Comedy.]
A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and
comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the
nature both of tragedy and comedy.
[1913 Webster]
The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure."
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] Tragi-comicDrama \Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L.
drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action,
and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to
depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than
ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It
is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by
actors on the stage.
[1913 Webster]
A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and
interest. "The drama of war." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last. --Berkeley.
[1913 Webster]
The drama and contrivances of God's providence.
--Sharp.
[1913 Webster]
3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or
illustrating it; dramatic literature.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The principal species of the drama are tragedy and
comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy,
melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces.
[1913 Webster]
The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to
present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like
those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories
told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.
Dramatic |
tragi-comedy
(gcide) | Tragi-comedy \Trag`i-com"e*dy\, n. [Cf. F. tragicom['e]die, L.
tragicocomoedia. See Tragic, and Comedy.]
A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and
comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the
nature both of tragedy and comedy.
[1913 Webster]
The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure."
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] Tragi-comicDrama \Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L.
drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action,
and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to
depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than
ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It
is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by
actors on the stage.
[1913 Webster]
A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and
interest. "The drama of war." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last. --Berkeley.
[1913 Webster]
The drama and contrivances of God's providence.
--Sharp.
[1913 Webster]
3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or
illustrating it; dramatic literature.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The principal species of the drama are tragedy and
comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy,
melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces.
[1913 Webster]
The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to
present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like
those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories
told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.
Dramatic |
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