In conversation, the way we use the word tragic today

is exactly the way shakespeare used it

is not the way shakespeare used it

refers to punishment for serious wrongdoing

refers to people who are doomed by their own actions

is exactly the way Shakespeare used it

Explanation:

The use of the word tragic is as same today as Shakespeare used. Merriam-Webster define the term as "of a kind to cause great distress."

Shakespeare had also used the term or evoked the feeling of tragic through his dramas and plays to cause great distress.

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