conflicts and casts a doubt in reader/audience’s mind about the personality of the protagonist. Unlike Shakespeare’s other tragic heroes‚ who take quick action‚ Hamlet is often characterized with idealism and procrastination. He is posed by big philosophical questions and preoccupied with his thoughts. This preoccupation lends an aura to the audience that Hamlet’s tragic flaw lies in his inaction. William Hazlitt claims that “Hamlet is a name: his speeches and sayings but the idle coinage of
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The play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy based on the flaws of many characters and how their lives are affected because of it. The main character‚ Hamlet exemplifies the greatest flaw throughout the story. The fact that Hamlet deals with so much causes him to make careless and difficult decisions that end in his demise. Hamlet’s main tragic flaw is his inability to act in situations such as‚ ending his life‚ killing his mother‚ as well as killing Claudius. From the beginning of the
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growing rage that leads to his killing of Polonius (3.4) …. Set in motion the incidents that lead to the bloody climax” (Boyce). This quote illustrates the topic of the following essay. It clearly outlines why the inability to act is ultimately the tragic flaw of the character Hamlet. Firstly‚ Hamlet’s procrastination ultimately leads to the premature death of many characters throughout the play. In act 3 scene 4‚ while confronting his mother‚ Hamlet hears a noise from behind a curtain. Thinking
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extraordinary. In F Scott Fitzgerald’s fictional novel set in the 1920’s The Great Gatsby the protagonist Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero. Jay Gatsby has three noticeable characteristics: a tragic flaw‚ is responsible for his own downfall‚ and is from noble birth. Therefore‚ in F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920 book The Great Gatsby the protagonist is a tragic hero. As a result of Gatsby having a tragic flaw he is a tragic hero. Gatsby is incapable of letting go of the past and moving on. “‘You ought to go away‚’
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Gabrielle Dozier Essay “Antigone” In the play Antigone‚ told by Sophocles‚ Creon‚ ruler of Thebes‚ is immoral‚ close minded‚ and stubborn in his choices‚ ultimately resulting in the tragic death of his loved ones. First‚ Creon decrees a law to forbid anyone from burying Polyneices. “Polyneices‚ I say‚ is to have no burial… whatever they like (945).” By forbidding Polyneices’ eternal peace‚ Creon is proving to be uneducated in what is right to the gods‚ rather than what is right in the moment
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The Great Gatsby SS Questions 1. A tragic hero contains a fatal flaw‚ and is responsible for their own downfall. Jay Gatsby reflects a tragic hero as in loving Daisy he causes his own downfall. Gatsby continually loves Daisy for five years. Gatsby and Daisy fell in love before he left for the war‚ and vowed to wait for each other. Circumstances arise and Jay is unable to return from the war as soon as he had hoped. During this time Daisy meets Tom Buchanan‚ and marries him; however‚ Gatsby does not
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The Tragic Hero of Julius Ceasar: Marcus Brutus In the play Julius Ceasar by William Shakespeare‚ Marcus Brutus is the tragic hero. Brutus is a tragic hero because he has Tragic Flaws. Brutus’s first tragic flaw is that he is naive; he is not a shrewd judge of people. As Caius Cassuis states‚ “Well‚ Brutus‚ thou art noble. Yet I see/thy honorable mental may be wrought /…There for it is meet / That noble minds keep ever with their likes / For who so firm that cannot be seduced?” (1.2.319-323)
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Aristotle‚ the tragic hero is impeded by a distinguishable characteristic or character trait which leads to his ultimate demise. This trait is known as hamartia‚ or the "tragic flaw." This characteristic is said to not only lead to the hero’s demise but may also enable the reader to sympathize with the character. So it follows that in Oedipus the King‚ a Greek tragedy‚ the tragic hero Oedipus should have some sort of flaw. However‚ after close examination of the text‚ no distinguishable "flaw" is revealed
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Maura Katona Mrs. Burke Contemp. Themes in Lit. 6 October 2009 Oedipus as a Tragic Hero There are many different characteristics that make a tragic hero worthy of popularity. All great heros throughout literature and history have been of noble birth‚ been fated by the gods to disaster‚ captured sympathy from the audience‚ and possessed a tragic flaw. Oedipus the King had all of these characteristics throughout his history and family. Oedipus posses qualities that are both empowering and a downfall
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Romeo’s Tragic Flaws Leading To His Demise The noble hero in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is Romeo. His tragic flaw is that he is in love with being in love and his impetuous personality towards certain situations. Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ is about an eighteen year old young man‚ and a 13 year old girl who fall in love so hastily. But it is not an easy love due to the fighting between the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. Romeo seems to be the one who is very pushy when it comes to
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