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    Dr Jekyll as a tragic hero Dr Henry Jekyll is a complex character in Robert Louis Stevensons novel “dr Jekyll and Mr hyde”. He shows many aspects of a tragic hero. But to link him to the aspect of a tragice hero one must first decide what a tragic hero is. A tragic hero is normally a person with a lofty place in society with either heroic or potentially heroic qualities who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that‚ combined with fate and external forces‚ brings on a tragedy. This character

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    King Lear: A Tragic Hero

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    King Lear: A Tragic Hero King Lear by William Shakespeare is an example of a classic tragedy. The main character‚ King Lear‚ is the tragic hero‚ which is one of the aspects of a tragedy. King Lear wrongfully judges his daughters when he asks them to describe their love for him. He banishes one of his daughters. Cordelia‚ even though she is the only one that truly loves him. When he discovers that his other daughters Goneril and Regan do not actually love him‚ he starts to go insane. However‚ Lear

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    John Proctor Tragic Hero

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    When Abigail threatens to accuse yet another innocent soul of witchcraft in her plot to have him to herself‚ John Proctor breaks forth‚ shouting‚ “It [Abigail] is a whore!... I have made a bell of my honor! I have rung the doom of my good name—you will believe me‚ Mr. Danforth! My wife is innocent‚ except she knew a whore when she saw one!” (Miller 3.3). John Proctor‚ the protagonist of the play‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ has an affair with Abigail Williams‚ a seventeen-year-old orphan‚ which

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    By definition‚ a tragic hero is a protagonist of noble birth who displays bravery‚ courage‚ and other heroic qualities‚ but is brought down by his or her own tragic flaw. Presented as a hero at the opening of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ Macbeth’s downfall is brought upon as a result of his own tragic flaw: ambition—ambition triggered by the Witches‚ Lady Macbeth‚ and Macbeth’s own hunger for power. “For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name—disdaining fortune‚ with

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    Willy Loman A Tragic Hero

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    Analysis of Death of a Salesmen Willy Loman father‚ businessman‚ hero? Throughout the course of Arthur Miller’s Americana play Death of a Salesman we observe the laborious life of Wily Loman. After observing Willy throughout the play we can infer Loman is a tragic hero. In Arthur Miller’s essay Tragedy and the Common Man Miller redefines Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. According to Miller a tragic hero is an individual who aims to better his situation but is faced to struggle from forces

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    Fences – Tragic Hero In August Wilson’s play “Fences”‚ he presents a misguided yet accomplished character. The play’s protagonist Troy‚ creates conflict with every character because of his judgmental nature and contrived haughty perception of himself. Through numerous stories that he re-cants Troy embellishes his experiences to cast himself in a righteous light. Contrary‚ to the stories he tells‚ his behavior expose Troy as a foolish man that does irrational things. One moment he is lecturing

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    Aristotle once said‚ “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” Sophocles’s Antigone was written in 440 B.C. which was the time when plays were written based on ancient Greece culture. The idea of a tragic hero was established in Ancient Greece‚ tragic heroes are in ancient Greek plays. A tragic hero is a character who is inherently good‚ has a fatal flaw and loses everything in the end. Creon is Antigone’s tragic hero because his loyalty and obsessive pride influence

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    Does Brutus Is A Tragic Hero? A tragic hero is a person in a high position who has a weakness(tragic flaw). He is not victim of fate‚ he makes a tragic mistake and falls as a result. In William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”‚ the character Brutus fits the definition of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is characterized as good and noble. Brutus shows this characteristic‚ but he is too noble. He loves Rome and he is will to do everything for Rome. Brutus has nothing against Caesar personally

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    Aristotle and the Tragic Hero The traditional hero stresses courage and nobility as essential traits of heroism. He lived by a code of honor and valued certain things as more important than others‚ so that he is willing to take risks and endure hardships for their sake. He is often a leader and protector of a community. The fact that the hero not only performs great deeds but performs them out of worthy principles renders his deed even more admirable. On the other hand‚ the Greek tragic hero is best defined

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    with the love of his life collapses. In the novel‚ the reader can interpret Gatsby as a tragic hero due to his traits and how the author portrays him throughout the story. The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle developed a profile with three necessary characteristics that would be existent in the ‘perfect’ tragic hero‚ which the reader can see are all present in Gatsby. Fitzgerald characterizes him as a tragic hero due to his drastic fall from a great height‚ his characteristic of Hamartia (having a

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