惨劇

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 惨劇 (さんげき) is a noun for a horrifying event involving severe suffering or death.
• Basic usage: 争いが招いた惨劇を描く makes a conflict-caused horror the event symbolically staged, while 惨劇を繰り返さない makes such tragedy what a work hopes will never recur.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Artistic depiction and prevention of recurrence
  • 惨劇を描く is representation within a work, whereas 惨劇を繰り返す is recurrence of an event in reality or narrative. The performance itself was not an actual disaster.