Tragic Hero: A Literary Analysis

Time and time again we see throughout literature a tragic hero who possesses some fatal flaw which inevitably leads to their downfall. I believe that as humans we all possess our own “tragic flaw”, but unlike these great tragic heroes, we learn to cope with and embrace these flaws. This sentiment I find especially true in myself, noting that my own “tragic flaw” is my extreme volume and talkative nature. Throughout these past seventeen years, I have been learning to come to terms with my loud voice, even coming to love it. Ever since I was a little girl, one of the first things that people have noticed about me is the volume of my voice and my extreme talkativeness. Through my lack of an “inside voice”, I have found that there is a true art to silence, which I have yet to master. I have come to terms with the fact that I will never have a soft, graceful, or soothing voice, but I do occasionally feel self-conscious about it. Although my loud voice and my talkative nature has made me feel socially awkward at times, it has also made me feel social and unintimidated in speaking to new people. This “flaw” has enabled me to overcome my nervousness when faced with a group of
Luckily for me, being loud and talkative allowed me to make a few friends who have gotten me through hell and back these past three-and-a-half years. Even now I still remember the day when I met my best friend. One hot summer’s day, we were trying on marching band uniforms for about an hour because there were no pants that would fit us. About halfway into this ordeal, I cracked a joke, making her laugh, and the rest is history. This is why I find it funny when my friends tease me, saying things like “you must have been born with a microphone in your vocal chords” or “you should take it down a couple of notches”, because it was this annoyance that initiated many of these