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    Okonkwo As A Tragic Hero

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    Okonkwo is considered a tragic hero in the novel‚ Things Fall Apart. A tragic hero holds a rank of power and chooses his course of action‚ which tells what tragic flaw that happened. When a tragic hero is becoming bitter‚ he questions his courage. Okonkwo is a big man with a very bad childhood so he tries to be the opposite of what his dad was like‚ he is rich with in his clan. He provides for his family every chance he gets unlike his father. Okonkwo is a great warrior and a pretty good person who

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    Aeneas Tragic Deaths

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    Trent Soares CH 201 Lin Xing Critical Paper #1 The Train Tracks of Aeneas Tragic Deaths Aeneas was never happy in his life‚ it seemed he always had a deep emptiness inside of him. In any case it was inevitable that he always contained a strong love to his family name and devotion to gods (Pietas). A focused man can seem unstoppable as presented in all ancient Greece stories especially in Virgil’s books

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    Macbeth a Tragic Hero

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    possesses and the circumstances that he went through make him a classic tragic hero. Macbeth’s noble birth and good character show him to be a fine man and well liked. But like all tragic heroes Macbeth’s tragic flaw overtakes him and he falls into a spiral of self-destruction. As Macbeth comes to terms with his wrong doings the audience feels pity for Macbeth. These things contributed make Macbeth a tragic hero. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the main character

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    Achilles: A Tragic Hero

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    bravery‚ strength‚ and willingness to give up their own comfort‚ if not their own life‚ to benefit the wellbeing of others. Every hero differs in many ways. Each one of them has his own story of heroism. The tragic hero survives in our literature. The first characteristic of a tragic hero is that they must suffer more than deserved. This stands true for Achilles‚ Hector‚ Beowulf‚ and Hamlet. Achilles‚ son of King Peleus and Thetis‚ rightfully earned his title as one of the greatest heroes

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    Oedipus as a Tragic Hero

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    Oedipus is considered a tragic hero. Characteristics of a tragic hero are‚ the tragic hero must be born of noble birth which means a high class /rank. The character is in between being exceptionally good and exceptionally evil. The tragic hero’s misfortune or downfall is brought by some error of judgment that comes from some inner flaw or weakness‚ not because of some horrible thing he has done. And finally the tragic hero goes through one or more reversals of fortune leading up to a final recognition

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    Macbeth's Tragic Flaw

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    Every human being has a weakness and that weakness is pride. ‘Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted (Matthew 23:12‚ The Bible)’. Pride is a natural flaw that most people do not realize. Some can control it‚ while others let their pride blind them from logic and truth. Naturally‚ Macbeth has this attribute and he demonstrates it throughout the play. Shakespeare purposely introduces Macbeth as a proud character. The witches’ prophecies give him his confidence

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    Okonkwo Tragic Flaw

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    Things Fall Apart is about the tragic flaw about Okonkwo and his Igbo traditions. Okonkwo wants to be known as a powerful man and not have any failures like his father. A tragic flaw is a secret weakness that brings out a downfall of the character or hero. The tragic flaw of Okonkwo is desiring to be masculine because he does not want to show weakness due to killing his adopted son‚ abusing his wife‚ and not being a coward like his father. Okonkwo is afraid of showing weakness to killing Ikemefuna

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    extreme sorrow‚ especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw‚ moral weakness‚ or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances‚" to the modern meaning of the word‚ "a lamentable‚ dreadful‚ or fatal event or affair" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary). As a result‚ readers of the Greek plays have different thoughts about the "tragic hero" of the story. Often‚ they assume that because something bad or dreadful happened to the character‚ he must be a tragic character‚ thus missing a key part of the Greek’s

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    Antony Is a Tragic Hero

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    freely to match his own dramatic purposes‚ Plutarch’s power to speak for his time and place shines through Shakespeare’s adaptations while Shakespeare remains true to the essence of his source‚ he also deepens what he finds there. Anthony as a tragic hero poses a problem for criticism. Typically‚ the hero of a tragedy is engaged in a search for meaning that ultimately about more awareness of the world and of the self‚ while the unquestioning hero belongs more to the world of comedy. Anthony however

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    Brutus: A Tragic Hero

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    Brutus is not a villain. The best category for Brutus falls under the personnel of a tragic hero. Throughout the play it is obvious to the reader that Brutus is loved by most‚ including Caesar. Secondly‚ Brutus revolves his actions around the people of Rome and less his own wants/needs. Lastly‚ he can not be classified a true hero because of the violence that leads him to “victory”. In the play the characteristic of tragic hero easily connect to Brutus making it very easy to demonstrate why that is the

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