Sentence examples for greatest tragic from inspiring English sources

The greatest tragic love story found as a romance theme is that of Tristan and Iseult.

" 'Madama Butterfly' is one of the most beautiful operas in the repertory," he said, "and the character Madama Butterfly herself is probably the greatest tragic heroine in opera".

Poets have railed against the coming of the night; Shakespeare based his greatest tragic speeches on time forever moving forward and pushing us further toward the grave.

It's impossible to read this portrait of a man in extremis without agreeing with Virginia Woolf's assertion that Hardy was "the greatest tragic writer among English novelists".

It is one of the small mysteries of cinema how De Sica, a lightweight actor (and very handsome man) accustomed to playing sentimental leads, should go on to become one of Europe's greatest tragic film-makers.

And there he sits for a half-hour or so on the purposely claustrophobic little set, preparing to become Willy Loman, that worn traveling salesman, proud father and husband, who is also the greatest tragic hero that American playwriting has produced.

The great tragic questions are not pressed.

This great, tragic poet, our Sophocles!

"A great tragic loss was endured yesterday," she prayed.

The great tragic emotions are replaced by simple bourgeois sentimentality.

He really is one of literatures great tragic figures.