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    Maximus As A Tragic Hero

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    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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    Hamlet; Tragic Hero

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    Hamlet; The Tragic Hero             In many plays there is always one person that is the tragic hero. They always possess some type of tragic flaw that in turn leads to their tragic deaths. In the Shakespearean play Hamlet the main character Hamlet is considered to be a tragic hero. By carefully analyzing the Shakespearean play Hamlet one can debate whether the main character Hamlet is a tragic hero. Although it is debatable whether or not Hamlet is a tragic hero‚ one would

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    Is Othello a Tragic Hero?

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    To what extent can Othello be considered a ‘tragic hero’? The extent of which Othello is a tragic hero has been open to much debate; the basis on which he is judged falls to Aristotle’s established view of the crucial elements that distinguish whether a person is truly tragic. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic protagonist is a nobleman or person from high status‚ who contributes to his own demise and illustrates a flaw or weakness in judgment. The tragic protagonist must make a fall from a high state

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    Othello Tragic Hero

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    character. What is Othello’s flaw‚ and explain how he is truly a tragic hero. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is a character of noble status and greatness. He is a man who is not entirely good or entirely evil‚ rather‚ he is a man who on the whole is good‚ but also contributes to his own destruction by some moral weaknesses‚ known as the fatal flaw. Aristotle further explains that the protagonist must be dominated by a ‘hamartia’ or tragic flaw which leads to his downfall. All tragedies have a hero

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    Maximus: A Tragic Hero

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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' Tragic Flaws

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    Oedipus’ Tragic Flaws: An Analysis of Oedipus Rex In Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex‚ first performed sometime in the 430s B.C.E‚ the scene opens in front of the palace of Oedipus‚ King of Thebes. As Oedipus enters‚ he finds many children and priests praying to the gods. Oedipus questions the oldest of the priests as to why they are praying. The priest tells him that there is a plague of sorts that has befallen on the city of Thebes causing the destruction of crops and livestock and also caused

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    Brutus As A Tragic Hero

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    friends and family‚ and he joined the conspirators to assassinate Caesar for the good of Rome. Even though Caesar was his friend‚ Brutus’s loyalty as a Roman citizen came first. 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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    What is a tragic hero? Who contributes to the downfall of such character? A tragic hero is a character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall‚ suffering‚ or defeat (Tragic Hero). William Shakespeare‚ has portrayed one such character in his play Macbeth. The character of Macbeth performs cruel deeds over the course of the play and transforms into an evil‚ deceitful‚ and corrupt leader. (Build sympathy for Macbeth) Lady Macbeths wicked plans‚ the prophecies of the witches‚ and

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    Okonkwo Tragic Hero

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    According to aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero‚ okonkwo is a tragic hero in Things Fall Apart. A man doesn’t become a hero until he sees his own downfall. Okonkwo follows the intangibles of a tragic hero established by Aristotle. They include some kind of major flaw‚ a reversal of fortune because of the hero’s error of judgement‚ and the characters fate being greater than deserved. Okonkwo had many so called flaws. The major one is okonkwo was very inflexible he always wanted to be better

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    Willy Tragic Hero

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    Introduction Death of a Salesman reveals the story of an American man confronting failure in a success-driven society and shows the tragic path which eventually leads to his suicide. Willy Loman believes in what he considers the promise of the American Dream wholeheartedly‚ which is based on the Declaration of Independence stated by Thomas Jefferson in 1776: "We believe that all men are born with these inalienable rights - life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness."(Malone‚ 28) However‚ Willy

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