Shakespearean tragedy is the designation given to most tragedies written by playwright William Shakespeare. Mining disasters were not the only tragedies. The year 1964 brought a mix of personal tragedies and professional triumphs. Most of the tragedies are school shootings. Satan proceeds to describe further tragedies that will befall their friends. There are seven surviving tragedies attributed to Aeschylus. Epic poetry describing historical events and tragedies are very popular. That fire resulted in one of the worst firefighting tragedies in American history. The show focuses on various feuds between neighbors which usually escalate into tragedies. The company survived some of the greatest peacetime tragedies in American history. This was one of many personal tragedies that impacted Shelley's work. Fate is a motif that often occurs in Greek writing, tragedies in particular. Colonel Armstrong, consumed by these tragedies, committed suicide. He argues that the elements of the story resemble fictional tragedies. Ballard's death was considered by one critic as "one of rock's greatest tragedies".