Zeitoun‚ by Dave Eggers‚ tells the story of a Syrian-American father with an intense drive to fill in his brother’s footsteps. Using his family’s wellbeing as his motivation‚ this drive eventually leads him into a lot of trouble. Zeitoun is a tragic hero. Abdulrahman Zeitoun was widely regarded as a pillar of the community. He was the owner of Zeitoun A. Painting Contractor LLC‚ a company he had started after earning enough funds from years of hard work. A man of many talents‚ Zeitoun could
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Aristotle’s tragic hero must possess these four characteristics: goodness; superiority; a tragic flaw; and the realisation of both that flaw and the inevitable downfall (Literary Connections‚ 2008). In Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare’s representation of the tragic hero can be seen through the character Macbeth. “For Brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name” (Act I‚ Scene II line 16) Shakespeare further constructs this representation through the second characteristic‚ superiority. The first prophecy
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had been before Christian messengers settle in with his village worsens his position when returning from exile. With a different opinion on the foreigners and a violent action to follow it‚ Okonkwo is to blame for his downfall. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is “a noble or impressive figure who falls due to a fatal flaw”.
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Aristotle is one of the most famous Greek philosophers to have ever lived. You name it‚ he studied it. A few of the subjects he studied included Biology‚ Psychology‚ Physics‚ Politics‚ and Poetry. He was also very known for his idea of “the perfect tragic hero”. There were five characteristics the main protagonist in a plot MUST have in order to be considered a real tragic hero‚ at least according to him. The first trait an individual must have is being of noble/royal birth or having
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Aristotle‚ an ancient Greek philosopher noted for his enduring influence on modern literature‚ built the basic foundation for the construction of a tragic hero in his most recognized work‚ Poetics. In Poetics‚ he often mentions Oedipus‚ the protagonist in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ as the most fitting example of a tragic hero. The plot of Oedipus the King begins with a terrible plague in the city of Thebes‚ where Oedipus rules as king. Oedipus sends his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to the Oracle of Apollo
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Antigone is a tragic hero. Aristotle says that there are specific characteristics that compose a tragic hero. The hero must suffer more than she deserves‚ the hero must be doomed from the start‚ but bears no responsibility for possessing his flaw‚ the hero’s story should arouse fear and empathy‚ and he has to be faced with a very serious decision that he has to make. Antigone applies all of these categories to be a tragic hero. Antigone is not afraid to be a tragic hero and knows what she is doing
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best for Rome. In this play‚ Brutus is often referred to as the tragic hero. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic hero must be noble‚ demonstrate hubris‚ demonstrates hamartia‚ and experiences an epiphany. Brutus fits Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero since he has all of the characteristics. A tragic hero requires be noble. Shakespeare made Brutus noble in this play by making him always wanting
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characters‚ particularly the tragic hero. The study noted above regarding tragedy was shaped by the Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle. Aristotle also noted that the tragic flaw is imperative in the characteristic of the protagonist and the proceedings that transpire in the piece are a manifestation of that flaw (“The Poetics by Aristotle: XIII.”). This philosophy of the tragic hero can be located in both Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show and Shakespeare’s character‚ Othello‚ in his play Othello. It is the
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think of a hero‚ they do not understand you do not need to be just like batman‚ you do not need to be able to fly or never die. There is no need to wear a mask‚ save the world‚ or have special powers. To me‚ any regular person can become a hero in their own way. I believe that a hero can be found in any piece of literature whether‚ fiction or nonfiction. The hero can be depicted in many different ways. To me‚ in order to be a hero‚ someone needs to rescue another of some sort. A hero will play
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with the love of his life collapses. In the novel‚ the reader can interpret Gatsby as a tragic hero due to his traits and how the author portrays him throughout the story. The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle developed a profile with three necessary characteristics that would be existent in the ‘perfect’ tragic hero‚ which the reader can see are all present in Gatsby. Fitzgerald characterizes him as a tragic hero due to his drastic fall from a great height‚ his characteristic of Hamartia (having a
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