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** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/266678/Hippolytus Hyppolytus]</i> - Aphrodite takes revenge on Hyppolytus, resulting in his death | ** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/266678/Hippolytus Hyppolytus]</i> - Aphrodite takes revenge on Hyppolytus, resulting in his death | ||
** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/47762/Bacchae Bacchae]</i> - Pentheus, the king, is torn to pieces by a group of women, including his own mother | ** <i>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/47762/Bacchae Bacchae]</i> - Pentheus, the king, is torn to pieces by a group of women, including his own mother | ||
* [[Sophocles]]<ref>Stevenson, Daniel C. "Works by Sophocles." The Internet Classic Archive. N.p., 1994-2009. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. <http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Sophocles.html></ref> | * [[Sophocles]]<ref>Stevenson, Daniel C. "Works by Sophocles." <i>The Internet Classic Archive</i>. N.p., 1994-2009. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. <http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Sophocles.html></ref> | ||
** <i> [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/554733/Sophocles/30140/Dramatic-and-literary-achievements Ajax]</i> - Ajax is driven to suicide | ** <i> [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/554733/Sophocles/30140/Dramatic-and-literary-achievements Ajax]</i> - Ajax is driven to suicide | ||
**<i>[[Oedipus Rex]]</i> - Oedipus kills his father, marries his mother, and then blinds himself in shame | **<i>[[Oedipus Rex]]</i> - Oedipus kills his father, marries his mother, and then blinds himself in shame | ||
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** <i>[[MacBeth]]</i> - MacBeth commits regicide, and then himself comes to an untimely end on the battlefield | ** <i>[[MacBeth]]</i> - MacBeth commits regicide, and then himself comes to an untimely end on the battlefield | ||
** <i>[[King Lear]]</i> - Cordelia comes to the aid of her father and is imprisoned and sentenced to death | ** <i>[[King Lear]]</i> - Cordelia comes to the aid of her father and is imprisoned and sentenced to death | ||
Classic '''American Tragedies''' include: | Classic '''American Tragedies''' include<ref>Sewall, Richard B. "The American Tragic Novel." <i>Tragedy</i>. N.p., 20 Mar. 2014. Web. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/601884/tragedy/51125/The-American-tragic-novel></ref>: | ||
* [[F.Scott Fitzgerald]] | * [[F.Scott Fitzgerald]] | ||
** <i>[[The Great Gatsby]]</i> - Gatsby is betrayed by his own dream, nurtured by meretricious society | ** <i>[[The Great Gatsby]]</i> - Gatsby is betrayed by his own dream, nurtured by meretricious society |