Why Was Addie Bundren's Death Tragedy?

Was Addie Bundren's death tragic? She concurred with her father that "the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time." For her personal self, her death was freedom; freedom from a life of toil, a shiftless husband, and children she did not love (except for, of course, her Jewel). In this light, her death was a blessing. However, her death is tragic in that it acts as a violent catalyst in the family, speeding up events that were probably inevitable; in death, Addie is far more powerful than she ever was in life. Her death is also a catalyst in that it put each family member's foibles into sharp relief. Though their fates may have not taken the exact character they did, gentle Darl and agreeable Cash were guaranteed to be sacrificed
His role in Darl's fate did not surprise me, however; Jewel is incredibly prideful and would resent Darl's knowing about his father. I think Jewel's foible is that he is unable to understand anything beyond himself, and lashes out against that which he does not understand. In answer to the prompt, I think the most tragic outcome is obvious- Darl's. Darl- a thoughtful, cerebral, empathetic introvert- had the unfortunate luck of being born to the backwards, bitter Bundren family. Prior to Addie's death, he was surviving, with only a mention here and there of his "queer" nature. As I said before, however, I think he was probably destined to face some sort of backlash from his family or community; a herd does not appreciate an individual. The convergence of his tensions with Dewey Dell and Jewel and his mother's death, though, resulted in a fate much more dramatic and tragic than if his mother had survived. I did read an essay, however, that hopefully postulated that his institutionalization would be a way of freeing him from his family; perhaps this is true. As Cash says, "But it is better so for him. This world is not his world; this life his