Discuss the subject of The Tragedy by Pablo Picasso.

The Tragedy is representative of much
in Picasso's Blue Period.  This part of his professional life was devoted to exploring
the more sad elements of modern society.  Influenced by both the suicide of a friend and
his travels throughout Spain, Picasso immersed himself with exploration of the more dire
aspects of consciousness, seeking to bring voice to subject matters that previously
experienced silence.

This becomes the subject of
The Tragedy.  Painted in Picasso's monochromatic style of blue, the
work features three people on a beach.  Their appearances are forlorn, each seems to be
fundamentally out of place with both their setting and one another.  While the beach
traditionally represents a source of beauty, this particular vision only highlights how
much of a lack of synchronicity is present in the subject matter of the three people. 
Their physical appearance cries out despondency and a sense of loss.  Neither subject
are looking at one another, each seeming to be lost in their own world of displacement
from society and each other.  The body language of the adults is internal, closing
themselves off with folded hands and quarter turns from each other.  The child's hands
are open, seeming to hope for some type of connection.  Yet, the stances and demeanor of
the adults defer such hope.