<u>Tragedy</u> is a literary genre that focuses on a character whose flaws and <u>inherent nature</u> lead her/him to <u>fatal consequences</u>, usually resulting in her/his death, after facing a series of dire circumstances.
An example of a <u>tragedy</u> is <em>Antigone</em> by Sophocles, in which the eponymous protagonist has a fatal flaw that leads her to her demise.