Tragedy

27 works

27 works of Tragedy in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Tragedy, Ranked

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10Oedipus Rex Sophocles~429 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick799468TragedyAncient Greek
13Hamlet William Shakespeare~1600ShakespeareGruelingQuick2189896TragedyEnglish
20Othello William Shakespeare~1603ShakespeareGruelingQuick1898876TragedyEnglish
23King Lear William Shakespeare~1605ShakespeareGruelingQuick1879572TragedyEnglish
26Macbeth William Shakespeare~1606ShakespeareGruelingQuick1229487TragedyEnglish
52Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare~1595ShakespeareGruelingQuick1758899TragedyEnglish
53The Oresteia Aeschylus458 BCAncient GreeceGruelingShort2869350TragedyAncient Greek
73Antigone Sophocles441 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick758668TragedyAncient Greek
77Julius Caesar William Shakespeare~1599ShakespeareGruelingQuick1412161TragedyEnglish
93Faust, First Part Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1808RomanticismGruelingShort2367245TragedyGerman
100Medea Euripides431 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick966951TragedyAncient Greek
112Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare~1606ShakespeareGruelingQuick1782032TragedyEnglish
122Dr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe1588RenaissanceGruelingQuick1753832TragedyEnglish
143Prometheus Bound Aeschylus~460 BCAncient GreeceGruelingQuick64308TragedyAncient Greek
144Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles401 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick132307TragedyAncient Greek
149Philoctetes Sophocles409 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick94286TragedyAncient Greek
151Women of Trachis Sophocles~450 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick68285TragedyAncient Greek
152Coriolanus William Shakespeare~1608ShakespeareGruelingQuick1971732TragedyEnglish
153Ajax Sophocles~440 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick79296TragedyAncient Greek
154Alcestis Euripides438 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick64284TragedyAncient Greek
157The Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus467 BCAncient GreeceGruelingQuick58261TragedyAncient Greek
163Timon of Athens William Shakespeare~1606ShakespeareGruelingQuick1301014TragedyEnglish
170The Bacchae Euripides405 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick866850TragedyAncient Greek
176Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare~1592ShakespeareGruelingQuick1481214TragedyEnglish
187Electra Sophocles~410 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick84306TragedyAncient Greek
191The Persians Aeschylus472 BCAncient GreeceGruelingQuick57271TragedyAncient Greek
195The Suppliants Aeschylus463 BCAncient GreeceGruelingQuick58261TragedyAncient Greek