is a tragic hero. According to the philosopher and scientist‚ Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. Along with his theory‚ he also states that "in order for a character to be a tragic hero‚ the character must not be a saint nor a villain‚ he should have some virtues‚ have a tragic flaw‚ and have excessive self-pride. Similarly‚ in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt textbook‚ the characteristics of a tragic hero is that
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who the tragic hero has been the subject of debate for years. It is uncommon for there to be two tragic heroes in a Greek tragedy‚ therefore there can be only be one in Antigone. Although Creon possesses some of the characteristics that constitute a tragic hero‚ he does not have all of the necessary qualities. Antigone‚ however‚ possesses all of the traits that are required for her to be the tragic hero. According to Aristotle‚ there are four major characteristics‚ which the tragic hero is required
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The Tragic hero & The Oedipus 1. Oedipus Rex is not only the greatest play of Sophocles but also the greatest Greek play. Aristotle‚ in the poetics‚ gives very high praise to the play. According to Aristotle‚ the tragic hero is a highly esteemed and prosperous man who falls into misfortune because of some serious hamartia. He particularly gives the example of Oedipus. Oedipus is closely the intermediate kind of person stipulated by Aristotle‚ not much wicked‚ not much virtuous. The complete reversal
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terrible and pitiful.”. Aristotle believed that a tragic person should be a good person at core and that others feel compelled to care about him. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic hero should make make errors and judgment and his perception of reality is distorted. He also believed that a tragic hero should “elicit both pity and fear from the audience” (Characteristics of a Shakespearean Tragic Hero). In his Poetics‚ Aristotle also wrote that a tragic hero should be “...a man who is not eminently good
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Initially‚ a tragic hero is the true hero in a tragedy‚ in which his or her fatal flaws determine the outcome of the story. In addition to the hero’s flaw‚ fate and other external forces such as people and the environment also have an effect on the tragedy. In “Antigone”‚ Creon best represents the true tragic hero based on Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy. His contributions to the events of tragedy are shown through the sequential structures of inciting incident- beginning of the problem‚ Hamartia-
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Christopher Rovira ENG102.7430 Professor Colleran February 6‚ 2009 The Critical Examination of Tragic Heroes Throughout our history‚ many genres have survived the test of time. One of the most well known and popular genre is the tragedy. A tragedy tells a story of the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment‚ producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience. One of the main authorities on
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people were jailed and eventually 20 were executed. In The Crucible‚by Arthur Miller‚ John proctor is seen as a Tragic Hero because he is able to overcome his flaw ‚but his pride led to his death. In the play‚ it shows that ordinary people can be a Tragic Hero. A Tragic Hero is a literary character who makes an error of judgement or has a fatal flaw that is combined with fate and external forces‚ that bring on a tragedy. During the play the crucible‚ a play written by Arthur miller‚ the character John
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Okonkwo was a tragic hero because he was a great warrior‚ great wrestler‚ and had multiple wives. Okonkwo’s flaw is that he has too much pride that led to his downfall. Throughout the course of senior year literature‚ we have read several stories that have tragic heroes as their main characters. In Things Fall Apart‚ Okonkwo is the tragic hero. Okonkwo relates to Willy in Death of a Salesman‚ by Arthur Miller‚ and Oedipus in Oedipus‚ by Sophocles Oedipus. Okonkwo is a tragic hero because he is
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Othello as Tragic Hero William Shakespeare has written many plays. His most tragic play is Othello. Othello is also the name of the main character in the play‚ he is quite hard to understand. Othello is a noble man‚ one who has grace with the ladies but also possesses all the virtues of a military leader that he is. Yet Othello has many traits and tragic flaws that make him a tragic hero. Othello is a noble man who is well known and respected‚ for his position as a general. He is a general
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Jennifer Leung 10 English Literature April 7‚ 2014 Ms. Britte Is Okonkwo a tragic hero? Okonkwo is the protagonist in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart. He was one of the Igbo people and he was also one of the most important men in his society. I would like to define the term tragic hero before I discuss whether Okonkwo is a tragic hero or not. A tragic hero is a literary character who had noble life at first but eventually died because of his own wrong judgment about something and his judgment
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