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    Lecture 1. EXPERIENCE ECONOMY - when the person buys experience‚ he pays to spend time enjoying a series of memorable events that a company stages -> as in theatrical - businesses must orchestrate play memorable events for their customers [pic] - EE is applied- new experience concept‚ experience included ins services and products‚ experience venues‚ additional offerings supporting memory of the experience - The anatomy of an Experience 1. The First

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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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    suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.” Shylock is a main character and succumbs to the tragic flaws he possesses. This play introduces Shylock‚ a Jew fighting against Christian society. Although Shylock is depicted in the play as the villain‚ there are moments that show his vulnerability. A tragic hero is a man who is prosperous in the early stages of the play‚ but is defeated by his own flaw. His hamartia (or tragic flaw) is what consumes him and is the pit

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    Oedipus‚ an Ironic Tragic Hero Much of the tragedy of the play comes from the irony involved in fate Oedipus’s life. Being a tragic hero Oedipus is on a quest for truth‚ during his quest he realizes that if he continues on his quest for truth he will cause himself great harm yet he continues his pursuit for truth. The audience is seized by the ironic nature of this play‚ and the tragic nature of Oedipus’s life. Oedipus is lines up against fate and takes steps to try not to fulfill the prophecy

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    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 wisdom. Next is having a hamartia‚ also known as a tragic/fatal flaw. The third is a reversal of fortune‚ also known as a peripatetia. Next is an anagnorisis

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    Tragic Hero (Argumentum Essay) Introduction In Shakespeare’s play "Julius Caesar"‚ there is much death‚ much tragedy‚ and of course‚ a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a person of noble or influential birth‚ who has a moral personality. In order to be identified as a tragic hero‚ a character must have a hamartia‚ which is a fatal flaw. But as being a tragic hero is not only having a tragic flaw but also entails much more. Throughout the play a few main characters present themselves as possibilities

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    has been an argument regarding the true tragic hero of the play. It is a commonly held certainty that Antigone must be the tragic character merely because she and the drama share the same name. This is‚ of course‚ a very reasonable supposition. Surely Sophocles must have intended her to be viewed as the protagonist; otherwise‚ he would not have given her the name as the play’s title. However‚ analytically speaking‚ Creon seems to fit the category of a tragic hero more accurately. There is no doubt

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    A tragic hero is defined as “a [great] man who is neither a paragon of virtue and justice nor undergoes the change to misfortune through any real badness or wickedness but because of some mistake” (“Aristotle”‚ n.d.). Therefore‚ a tragic hero has some sort of tragedy that surrounds their life. A tragic hero also makes dramas more interesting and makes readers think. Dramas sometimes either exemplify or refute Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. Oedipus by Sophocles exemplifies Aristotle’s definition

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    “To err from the right path is common to man.” (Sophocles) Generally speaking‚ a Greek tragic story is a term used to describe a character and their fall from greatness‚ where one who is intrinsically virtuous‚ ends up losing everything they have due to a fatal mistake. In Sophocles Antigone‚ the classic hero may be described as having the tragic Greek heroic personality‚ containing traits such as arête (excellence)‚ hubris (excessive pride)‚ ate (blind recklessness)‚ and nemesis (disastrous retribution)

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    The Tragic Hero William Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚” shows the use of a tragic hero by their involvement in the events leading up to the assassination of Roman general‚ Julius Caesar‚ and the incidents that unravel afterwards. Marcus Junius Brutus is a seemingly trustful friend of Caesar‚ referred to as an honorable man because of his position in the late Roman Republic. Shakespeare’s idea of a tragic hero is someone bore of noble birth‚ who suffers a catastrophe. Along with

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