People have been performing in theaters in ancient Greece since the 6th century BCE. The Greeks would perform both comedies and tragedies. However, the most famous plays today are their tragedies. People have been performing in theaters in ancient Greece since the 6th century BCE. The Greeks would perform both comedies and tragedies. However, the most famous plays today are their tragedies. Fascinated by tragedies and their complex plots, people began to study tragedies to see if they could discover any correlations between different plays. Aristotle believed that in every good tragedy, there must be a tragic hero and a narrative. He believed that a tragic hero must have a great fall from power (peripeteia), a flaw that causes that fall (hamartia), and a moment of catharsis for both the character and audience. One great example of a tragic hero is Creon, a character in the famous play Antigone. Creon begins the play as the king of Thebes, setting up the ability for Peripeteia and for him to fall from greatness. He
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From Hamlet to Peter Pan or Oedipus to Darth Vadar, follow the characteristics of Aristotle's tragic hero. Humans are fascinated by tragedies, and we will continue to produce successful tragic heroes and tragedies using Aristotle's research. Sophocles's ancient drama Antigone is an iconic Greek tragedy; Creon's decisions, personality, and fall are a perfect example of a tragic hero. The powerful king of Thebes is so prideful and vain that it causes him to fall from a respected leader to a nobody, begging for mercy. He cries to the gods in a moment of catharsis, in the hope they will forgive his mistakes. Creon is a perfect example of Aristotle's tragic hero. Aristotle's conception of a tragic hero will continue to be used in literature for many years to come. Tragedies' ways of engulfing the reader in the plot are unlike any other
From Hamlet to Peter Pan or Oedipus to Darth Vadar, follow the characteristics of Aristotle's tragic hero. Humans are fascinated by tragedies, and we will continue to produce successful tragic heroes and tragedies using Aristotle's research. Sophocles's ancient drama Antigone is an iconic Greek tragedy; Creon's decisions, personality, and fall are a perfect example of a tragic hero. The powerful king of Thebes is so prideful and vain that it causes him to fall from a respected leader to a nobody, begging for mercy. He cries to the gods in a moment of catharsis, in the hope they will forgive his mistakes. Creon is a perfect example of Aristotle's tragic hero. Aristotle's conception of a tragic hero will continue to be used in literature for many years to come. Tragedies' ways of engulfing the reader in the plot are unlike any other