word | trilogy |
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definition | A series of three creative works that are closely related and develop a single theme. |
eg_sentence | William Faulkner's famous “Snopes trilogy” consists of the novels The Hamlet, The Town, and The Mansion. |
explanation | Dozens of tragic trilogies were written for the Greek stage, though only one, Aeschylus's great Oresteia (consisting of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides), has survived complete. Authors in later years have occasionally chosen to create trilogies to allow themselves to develop a highly complex story or cover a long span of time. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings wasn't actually intended as a trilogy, but since it was published in three volumes it's usually called one. George Lucas's three original Star Wars movies are an example of a film trilogy (which he followed many years later by another) |
IPA | ˈtrɪləʤi |
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