A tragic hero is a character of noble stature that commits an action or makes a mistake which eventually leads to his or her downfall. The idea of the tragic hero was created in ancient Greek tragedy and defined by Aristotle. Bernard Madoff‚ a former American businessman‚ stockbroker‚ investment advisor‚ and financier‚ fits the definition of a modern day tragic hero. Bernard Madoff grew up in New York City and studied law at Brooklyn Law School‚ but quit the first year to embark on his own investment
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BIS3043: CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF DRAMA FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TRAGIC HERO DR.LAJIMAN JANOORY GROUP A SEMESTER 3 2012/2013 FARIDA HAMIMI BT MUHAMAD SAIDI D20111047721 AT06-TESL FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATIONS Questions: Aristotle in the Poetics defines the tragic hero as someone who is neither excessively evil‚ someone who is rather like ourselves‚ who falls from prosperity into adversity because of an error and/or character falling. Discuss this statement with close reference to
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is about a tragic hero named Okonkwo living in the struggles of his changing Ibo culture. Okonkwo is a tragic hero with characteristics such as high social class‚ excessive pride‚ and most importantly‚ a tragic flaw. These characteristics described by Aristotle‚ a famous Greek philosopher‚ represents Okonkwo’s downfall that leads to his tragedy. Aristotle described that tragic heroes usually start off from a high position in society. This makes the hero’s downfall
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Antigone: A Tragic Hero What characteristics generate a tragic hero? Must a tragic hero possess superhuman abilities? Should he be immense in size and strength such as Hercules? According to the Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is a good‚ moral‚ upstanding person that does not fit into society’s mold‚ invokes catharsis to the audience‚ and exhibits flaws that leads to their tragic downfall. These are the traits that a character must uphold in order to be considered as a tragic hero. In
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downfall of the "tragic hero"‚ or the main character destined to fall‚ is portrayed to the audience. In one of the most famous tragic plays ever written‚ Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare gives the downfall of many characters. Given the case‚ there have been many arguments about who the tragic hero really is. Despite the fact that the play is named after Julius Caesar‚ the tragic hero of Shakespeare’s play is Marcus Brutus. As the tragic hero of the story‚ Brutus faces a tragic dilemma‚ a situation
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Mrs.Cice March 10th 2016 Tragic Hero In “fair Verona”‚ two families‚ the Capulets and the Montagues were “both alike in dignity”‚ however‚ they only have hatred towards each other is unparalleled. One night at the Capulet’s party‚ Montague’s son‚ Romeo and the Capulet’s daughter‚ Juliet‚ fall in love with each other. What sets them apart from the usual romance is that their story starts and ends in a tragedy. The star of the show is Romeo‚ who is the tragic hero of this classic love
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People could justify that Jay Gatsby has a many flaws‚ some more than others. Furthermore‚ the biggest flaw he had was his passion for Daisy‚ who is the reason why he is known as a "tragic hero". Daisy is what was standing between Gatsby and his “perfection” she is the one impossible thing he wants and goes after but can’t accomplish. In the end‚ he dies because of her‚ which is significant of her devastating impact on his life. Also‚ she brings out the individuality in Gatsby that undermines his
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“A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction” as said by Aristotle‚ a Greek philosopher and a scientist who came up with the characteristics of tragic hero. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play about a tragic hero named Macbeth who was told about his prophecy by three witches and one of them was him being king‚ in which he succeeds by killing all in his way. The term tragic hero applies to Macbeth. Through three witch’s predications
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Jay Gatsby’s Tragic Fall In The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ he mocks the American dream and what it stands for. Fitzgerald utilized the character of Jay Gatsby to achieve his effectiveness in the novel‚ presented to us as a noble man with an outstanding persona. That throughout the book destroys himself with the strength of his own two hands. Without a doubt‚ Gatsby possesses the qualities of a modern tragic hero. In The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald he portrays Jay Gatsby as a modern
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Tragic Hero in Julius Caesar A tragic hero is the dominant character of a book or play‚ whose actions affect the overall outcome. The traits of a tragic hero include a fatal flaw and a tragic death. Brutus’s also had high status by being in the senate and has a fatal flaw of being gullible. Along with those characteristics‚ Brutus also makes bad choices and ends up having a tragic death brought on because of his choices. In Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus’ character fulfills these attributes‚ and
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