Sentence examples for tragic theme from inspiring English sources
It's the central tragic theme of the poem.
"The tragic theme here is that literary fiction has very limited cultural currency now.
Here it is further supercharged with a grand tragic theme — the past and its pitiless grip on us.
Minnelli couches the dreamlike action in a velvety, erotic moonglow that contrasts with his tragic theme: that growing up is less a matter of wonder than of pain.
Just as the biblical theme had contributed to the grandeur of Nabucco, so the tragic theme of Shakespeare's drama called forth the best in him.
Kollwitz's last great series of lithographs, Death (1934 36), treats that tragic theme with stark and monumental forms that convey a sense of drama.
Iphigenia among the Taurians and Ion exhibit tragic themes and situations (the murder of close relatives).
A prominent French choreographer seeks to demonstrate that great tragic themes transcend national boundaries.
Only the novels of William Faulkner, in their range and depth and in their powerful assault on the basic tragic themes, recall unmistakably the values of the tragic tradition.
Folk songs, medieval music, and references to his Roman Catholic faith characterized his subsequent work, which frequently was based on tragic themes and cast in very slow tempi.
Poussin certainly applied that principle throughout much of his career, typically employing discordant colour harmonies for tragic themes and seductive ones for tender and lyrical subjects.
