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    Characteristics of a Shakespearean Tragic Hero 1. A man great and admirable in both his powers and opportunities. 2. Well-placed member of society whose actions involve well-being of its members. 3. Plot involves character working to achieve a very important goal. 4. This action will involve him in choices. 5. Downfall must be result of a web of circumstances spun out of these choices setting off a train of circumstances which hero could not foresee and which cannot be halted. 6

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    A person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities‚ defines a tragic hero. A young man known by the name Oedipus‚ died a tragic hero. Throughout his life‚ he was faced with situations that he just could not surpass which led to his gruesome destiny. He was born into a world where the future held nothing but lies and despair. Oedipus‚ is brought into the world by Queen of Thebes‚ Joecasta and King‚ Laios. In his early life he did not have an ideal childhood. King Laius is

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    Dean Winchester is one of the greatest modern examples of a tragic hero. He was born on January 24‚ 1979 in Lawrence‚ Kansas. He is the son of Mary Winchester‚ a young woman who comes from a long line of respected hunters(monster killers)‚ and John Winchester. Dean’s mother‚ was killed by a demon who was torturing Dean’s brother Sam. Mary’s death inspired Dean and his father to become the most deadly hunters on earth. They travel across the country‚ tracking down monsters and making sure no one has

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    A “tragic hero” is “a character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.” It is argued that the main character of Things Fall Apart‚ Okonkwo‚ is a classic “tragic hero”. Okonkwo is a member of the Igbo community in Nigeria. As a young man‚ Okonkwo worked hard to gain the respect of the other members in the community. He was well known throughout the village and his solid personal achievements are how he built his fame. Although to some‚ Okonkwo was a leader‚

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    Nigeria and with them brought a new religion and government which started turning Nigerian people against each other. In the end of it all‚ Okonkwo ended up hanging himself. Throughout the novel‚ Okonkwo has proven himself to be a tragic hero. Okonkwo is a tragic hero because

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    Dr. Faustus a Tragic Hero.

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    Dr. Faustus a tragic hero. In his tragedies‚ Marlow conceived his heroes‚ first of all‚ as men capable of great passions‚ consumed by their desires abandoned to the pursuits of their lusts‚ whether they lead to glory‚ butchery‚ and loss of kingdom or eternal damnation. The intensity of emotion gives them an elevation and a heroic interest that outlasts contemptibility or pathos. Nor are they without representational value. They linger in the mind as men absurd‚ exaggerated‚ monstrous at times‚ but

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    Michael Vick is an extraordinary example of a tragic hero. Although Vick doesn’t come from some great monarchy‚he was still a person held in admiration by fans. Vick is currently the quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers‚ but getting there was very difficult after a series of downfalls that almost led to his demise. His mother worked two jobs to support him but still required public financial aid. They lived in a crime filled neighborhood in public housing. Starting at infancy‚ his life was surrounded

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    the tragic play Medea‚ a play that contained a witch named Medea and a man named Jason that will eventually will become king. Together as one Medea and Jason obtain the golden fleece and come together through love‚ but as Jason gets tired of her‚ he leaves her. Medea becomes hurt and creates a scenario in which suffering occurs from losses and revenge‚ thus leading to the great tragedy known. Betrayal‚ revenge‚ loss‚ and royalty are factors to a tragedy for good or worse. Medea a tragic hero

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    Time and time again we see throughout literature a tragic hero who possesses some fatal flaw which inevitably leads to their downfall. I believe that as humans we all possess our own “tragic flaw”‚ but unlike these great tragic heroes‚ we learn to cope with and embrace these flaws. This sentiment I find especially true in myself‚ noting that my own “tragic flaw” is my extreme volume and talkative nature. Throughout these past seventeen years‚ I have been learning to come to terms with my loud voice

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    There are many debates on whether or not Chris McCandless was a hero. Jon Krakauer sees him as a tragic hero who lived the unmediated life that he wanted to and which he died trying to. Many Alaskans see him as an unprepared fool who didn’t see what the wilderness really was in which he wanted to commune with. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer goes through the story of Chris McCandless and his adventure into the Alaskan wilderness. He retraces the steppes that Chris that led up to him going missing

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