I think that Antigone is not a tragic hero‚ a tragic hero has one fatal flaw that leads to their downfall‚ Antigone had multiple downfalls that lead to her final demise. Most people think that she is a Tragic hero because of the flaw they see. The most commonly recognized flaw would be her loyalty to the gods‚ and going against creans decrees against proper burial rights for her brother Polynesus. . Antigone’s most recognizable flaw is that she disobeyed Creon’s decrees to not let Polynesus have
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asked what is a tragic hero it is hard pressed to find a more fitting embodiment of what it means to be a tragic hero than Antigone. A tragic hero‚ in order to be considered a true tragic hero must meet certain qualification. according to Aristotle a tragic hero is a man or woman of high stature‚ and has the ability to endure suffering. A tragic hero must possess positive personal characteristics‚ but all the while possessing a major character flaw which will bring the downfall of the hero. The audience
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A tragic hero is a literary term that comes from the Greek language. Hero is defined as a person who faces pain and sorrow or shows courage in the face of difficulty. This hero is usually a person of noble birth or of a title. Usually‚ the hero is confronted by an entity or fate of some kind that will curse or bless them in some way. In a piece of writing when he or she confronts the obstacle‚ they are named a protagonist‚which is the main or lead character of the piece of writing. A tragic hero shows
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The novel Ethan Frome‚ by Edith Wharton‚ is a tale of a man and the eventual downfall of his life and well-being. Ethan emerges as the main protagonist and hero of the story. He is a proud man of tall stature and good nature. Although Ethan is not of noble blood and is very poor‚ he is still seen as a hero. Starkfield looks on Mr. Frome in tacit respect. As a young man‚ it looked as if Ethan would escape the dullness of the small Massachusetts town. However‚ when his parents became ill‚ Ethan showed
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Antigone the Tragic Hero Tragic heroes are characters who have made a bad judgment that ends up in their downfall. Some celebrities may also be considered tragic heroes. An example of a tragic hero is Antigone from the play Antigone. Antigone describes to her sister‚ Ismene‚ that she wants to give their brother‚ Polyneices‚ a fair burial. Polyneices and Eteocles‚ their other brother‚ fought each other to their death to become the king of Thebes. Since they both have died‚ Creon became the new
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2 Tragic Hero: Antigone or Creon? In Antigone‚ a play written by Sophocles‚ the characters Creon and Antigone both fit into a few of Aristotle’s criteria. They are both choices of tragic heroes. They both are neither good nor evil in the extreme but just a man like any of us; they are both born of a better social status than most of us‚ and both have a tragic flaw in their characters. But even though the story is called Antigone‚ it is not necessary for Antigone to be the tragic hero. Other
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According to Aristotle‚ the classical definition of a tragedy is a drama with a hero. Doctor Faustus is the protagonist and tragic hero of Marlowe’s play. He is considered a tragic hero because he brings his own downfall by the end of the play. Doctor Faustus is a contradictory character due to his high ambitions and then his blindness and willingness to waste his power. From the beginning of the story when Faustus is introduced‚ he tells the audience how he is usefully skilled in law‚ medicine and
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depiction of the tragic hero in both The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus displays protagonists that have a weakness which they give in to‚ and which ultimately leads them to their downfall. Faustus displays more human characteristics which the reader can relate to‚ Barabas being the more inhuman of the two‚ yet at their ends‚ the result is the same; the reader feels as though the right thing has been done‚ and this realization is followed by a sense of relief. Marlowe ’s tragic heroes help the reader
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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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All heroes have a certain attribute or character that made them stand out from the rest of the crowd or society. Some are very strong‚ some are very smart‚ some are very rich that they can afford to create gadgets to make them do unnatural things‚ like Batman and Iron Man. Odysseus is no different from the common heroes we hear today. The most heroic attribute of Odysseus was that he was smart. He was also courageous as well as confident. Odysseus was a very smart man. This was shown when the cyclops
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