According to Aristotle‚ a Greek philosopher‚ a hero must five different characteristics to be considered a tragic hero. First‚ they must be of noble birth or they must be wise. Second‚ they must have a “fatal flaw” or a trait that is unchangeable. The protagonist has to undergo a reversal of fortune where their life gets turned around into a different direction. They must realize that their flaw caused the reversal of fortune before the plot ends or the character dies. Lastly‚ they must receive a
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Heroes nowadays consist of people who fight for justice and those whose stories are not so tragic. Well‚ throughout our past history‚ the stories of heroes were very tragic and sometimes emotional. These stories were made that way due to a man named Aristotle. Aristotle was an ancient Greek Philosopher who had created many ideas and philosophies‚ even in literature. One of his most famous contributions to literature are his ideas about a form of story-writing called tragedies. Aristotle had basically
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Oedipus: A Tragic Hero Aristotle’s tragic hero is one of the most recognizable types of heroes among literature. A tragic hero combines five major points all of which have to do with the hero’s stature in society‚ his faults‚ how these faults effect him‚ the punishment his faults gets him‚ and how he reacts to this punishment. Aristotle explained that the story of Oedipus the King‚ written by Sophocles‚ is a perfect example of a tragic hero. In the play‚ Oedipus is given a prophecy in which he
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3. Tragic Hero & Hamartia :- Aristotle in his ‘Poetics’ has given an ideal concept of tragic hero. According to Aristotle tragic hero in a tragic drama should neither be too good or perfect hero nor be too wicked or bad. Fall of a perfect good man would not arouse pity but it may shock us or disgust us. In the same way‚ utterly wicked person passing from happiness to misery is lacking in proper tragic qualities‚ nevertheless satisfying our moral sense. Thus in the view of Aristotle‚ totally
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Oedipus; The Tragic Hero In the Fourth Century BC‚ a famous philosopher named Aristotle wrote about the qualities that a tragic hero must possess. Ever since that time‚ there have been many examples of tragic heroes in literature. None of those characters‚ however‚ display the tragic hero traits quite as well as Oedipus‚ the main character from the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Oedipus is‚ without a doubt‚ the absolute quintessence of a tragic hero. His example shines as clear as a sunny summer
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Recently‚ in class‚ we have been learning about Alexander the great‚ specifically whether he was a villain‚ or a hero. I lean more towards the side of villain to most‚ except for Macedon‚ because the land was all for them. He could be thought of as a villain because he enslaved 30‚000 and killed 6‚000 in Thebes‚ attempted to force all people into one culture and strip them of their own‚ and he also treated those who tried to escape horrendously. First of all‚ Alexander the great took control of
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English 10: Period 5 20 March 2012 Tragic Hero Within the tragic play Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ there is a dichotomy between the two main characters: Antigone and Creon. Throughout the play Antigone and Creon both portray a tragic hero; however‚ Antigone illustrates more qualities of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is one who fails to attain happiness and whose failures excites pity‚ has a great integrity of character‚ and is nether extremely benevolent nor malevolent. These are all qualities Antigone
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having the characteristics and traits of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is someone who hold holds power and prestige from the start‚ and eventually comes to a downfall leading to a tragic death. Okonkwo can be defined as a tragic hero because he was of success since age 18‚ and then after a while his fear of becoming like his father eventually took over him‚ ending in a suppressing death‚ in which he hangs himself. Okonkwo didn’t seem to be a tragic hero at the beginning‚ but once he kills Ikemefuna
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" _Maximilien_ _Robespierre‚ Master of the Terror_. Loyola University of New Orleans‚ 1 Jan. 1984. Web. 24 Sept. 2014. Mirabeau‚ quoted in Jean Matrat‚ _Robespierre‚ or the Tyranny of the_ _Majority‚_ trans. Alan Kendall (New York: Charles Scribner ’s Sons‚ 1971)‚ p. 51. R. R. Palmer‚ _Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of Terror in the French_ _Revolution_ (Princeton: Princeton University Press‚ 1941)‚ pp. 3-21. Soboul‚ A. _Robespierre and the Popular Movement of 1793-1794_. Vol. 5. Oxford University Press
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Brutus is a tragic hero because he was able to put Rome first. A tragic hero is fated to his or her own suffering or death. Tragic heroes are somewhat fated to doom by the Gods or some other force. By Brutus’s love of
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