Tragedy
Drama that ends in ruin and asks what it means.
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AntigoneSophocles · c. 441 BCEOn 7 listsOedipus the KingSophocles · c. 429 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksThe BacchaeEuripidesThe BacchaeEuripides · c. 405 BCEOn 7 lists
The OresteiaAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 6 listsThe Great BooksHamletWilliam ShakespeareHamletWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1600On 6 lists
King LearWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1605-1606On 6 lists
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe FaustFaustJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808On 6 lists
MedeaEuripides · 431 BCEOn 4 listsHippolytusEuripides · 428 BCEOn 4 listsOedipus at ColonusSophocles · c. 406 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606On 4 lists
Samson AgonistesJohn Milton · 1671On 4 listsThe Great BooksPhaedraJean RacinePhaedraJean Racine · 1677On 4 listsAgamemnonAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe EumenidesAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe Libation BearersAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksRichard IIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 3 lists
OthelloWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1603-1604On 3 listsThe Great BooksPrometheus BoundAeschylusPrometheus BoundAeschylus · c. 430 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksPhiloctetesSophoclesPhiloctetesSophocles · 409 BCEOn 2 lists
Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 2 listsThe Great BooksAntony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606-1607On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Wild DuckHenrik IbsenThe Wild DuckHenrik Ibsen · 1884On 2 listsThe Great BooksHedda GablerHenrik IbsenHedda GablerHenrik Ibsen · 1890On 2 listsThe Great BooksSaint JoanGeorge Bernard ShawSaint JoanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1923On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Trojan WomenEuripidesThe Trojan WomenEuripides · 415 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksDoctor FaustusChristopher MarloweDoctor FaustusChristopher Marlowe · c. 1592On 1 listThe Great BooksEdward the SecondChristopher MarloweEdward the SecondChristopher Marlowe · c. 1592On 1 listThe Great BooksRichard IIIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1592-1593On 1 list
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 1 listThe Great BooksTroilus and CressidaWilliam ShakespeareTroilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1602On 1 listThe Great BooksCoriolanusWilliam ShakespeareCoriolanusWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1608On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Duchess of MalfiJohn WebsterThe Duchess of MalfiJohn Webster · c. 1613On 1 listThe Great BooksLife Is a DreamPedro Calderón de la BarcaLife Is a DreamPedro Calderón de la Barca · 1635On 1 listThe Great BooksLe CidPierre CorneilleLe CidPierre Corneille · 1637On 1 listThe Great BooksPolyeuctePierre CorneillePolyeuctePierre Corneille · 1642-1643On 1 listThe Great BooksAndromacheJean RacineAndromacheJean Racine · 1667On 1 listThe Great BooksBéréniceJean RacineBéréniceJean Racine · 1670On 1 listThe Great BooksAll for LoveJohn DrydenAll for LoveJohn Dryden · 1677On 1 listThe Great BooksEgmontJohann Wolfgang von GoetheEgmontJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1788On 1 listThe Great BooksManfredLord ByronManfredLord Byron · 1817On 1 listThe Great BooksThe CenciPercy Bysshe ShelleyThe CenciPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1819On 1 listThe Great BooksA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert BrowningA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert Browning · 1843On 1 listThe Great BooksSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi PirandelloSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi Pirandello · 1921On 1 listThe Great BooksMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'NeillMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'Neill · 1931On 1 listThe Great BooksMother Courage and Her ChildrenBertolt BrechtMother Courage and Her ChildrenBertolt Brecht · 1939On 1 listThe Great BooksNo ExitJean-Paul SartreNo ExitJean-Paul Sartre · 1944On 1 list