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    Characteristics of a Tragic Hero He must be; better than we are; a man who is superior to the average man in some way. In Oedipus case‚ he is superior not only because of social standing‚ but also because he is smart ­ he is the only person who could solve the Sphinx riddle. At the same time‚ a tragic hero must evoke both pity and fear‚ and Aristotle claims that the best way to do this is if he is imperfect. A character with a mixture of good and evil is more compelling that a character who is merely

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    Othello: A Tragic Hero

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    Othello: A Tragic Hero? Considered by some to be one of the finest tragedies ever written‚ Shakespeare’s Othello tells the story of one man’s fall from happiness to utter despair. This is achieved by Othello’s fatal flaws – his jealousy and pride. Othello’s own fatal flaws lead him to his demise not Iago’s manipulation. This view point is supported in Professor Crawford’s article “Othello as a Tragic Hero.” In his article‚ Crawford conveys the idea that the misfortunes that befall Othello are cause

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    Macbeth a tragic hero? Macbeth is the main character in Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’. The play is a tragedy‚ therefore‚ the question arises; is Macbeth a tragic hero? Macbeth’s not only guilty of regicide‚ he also kills his best friend‚ an innocent family‚ and anybody else who he feels is a danger to his thrown. If we were to leave it at that‚ we could even name him a villain. However a tragic hero does not necessarily have to accomplish any good deeds‚ like the typical person we would call a

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    Hamlet as a Tragic Hero By‚ Kassidy Neudorf What is a tragic hero? Well‚ according to most critiques on the Internet‚ it is simply a “protagonist of a tragedy”. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet is the Tragic Hero. Most tragic heroes contain a tragic flaw‚ so what tragic flaw of Hamlet makes him the tragic hero of this story? It may be his lack of motivation to take action; in other words‚ procrastination. Or how he does not have a concept of balance between reality itself and contemplation over

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    Albert Camus’s "The Myth of Sisyphus" was the basis for future reference to what literary critics and the like would refer to as the "tragic hero". The tragic hero‚ as defined by Camus‚ is a character in a story‚ play‚ or novel that is forever doomed to an undesirable fate. In The Stranger‚ the story’s protagonist Monsieur Meursault would be defined as a "tragic hero". He is eventually doomed to a most horrible fate‚ he feels no hope for himself or his survival‚ and he accepts what he has to do with

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    CLIT 7013 PostModernism 2012-2013 Short Written Response Topic Examine the ways in which Paul Auster’s City of Glass challenge the convention of detective genre and open up discussion of postmodern concerns. The focus of the illustration of my argument is based on ‘the authority of detective-writer’ Title Who is the detective? Name of Student: Ho Pui Chi‚ Gladys UID: 2009874088 Email: gho@spss.edu.hk Instructor: Dr. Winnie Yee Date of Submission:

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    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0500/32 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 3 Directed Writing and Composition May/June 2011 2 hours Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper *2895530782* READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write

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