Sentence examples for tragic downfall from inspiring English sources

It is a classic Greek tragedy, in which the hero's faults contribute to his tragic downfall.

The tragic downfall of his protagonist, Professor Coleman Silk, is the result of his "unwarranted," "heinous, needless persecution" for these words.

One senses that he could travel miles with a problematic character, paving the downhill slope of a tragic downfall for a ludicrous wallower in self-indulgence.

More immediately he is showing the tragic downfall of a divided individual and the destruction of his marriage to the understandably uncomprehending Stevie.

But really, I was left with the sense that Mendoza believes that the prostitute's murder is only interesting in that it is part of the tragic downfall of a sympathetic male cop.

The Imitation Game Director: Morten Tyldum Running time: 114 minutes Certificate: M Oscar-winning drama that tells the true story of Alan Turing whose code-breaking helped to win the second world war while homophobic laws hastened his tragic downfall.

If this were a novel, and we had those 250 pages to go, the only plot development that would make narrative sense would be for our hero to suffer a tragic, vertiginous downfall.

He has no instinct, no flair, no talent undefinable by reason alone — and, were Cronenberg to grant him any such preternatural gift, the success would be, in some way, merited; the downfall, tragic.

Rudd is far from the first politician to find his own downfall tragic, but at least, with his time in high office over, he can be cleared of tactical tearfulness.

At that point I wasn't certain what the story was going to be, but I liked the idea of exploring what goes on behind the glitz and glamour that causes so many young actors to suffer such tragic setbacks and downfalls.

Johnson's downfall was tragic: if anything were to be awry with Bolt it would be farcical.