What is a tragic hero to you?Aristotle defined a tragic hero as someone who was of noble birth and has a tragic flaw that ultimaly leads to his or her own destruction.An aristolian tragic hero was designed to die or suffer at the end.He said a tragic hero MUST have these certain 5 traits.1) is of noble birth or has noblness.2) A fatal flaw,this flaw is often hubris.3) A reversal of fortune brought about because of the heros main error,hero dies.4) The hero realizes that the change in their fortune was brought about by their own actions.5)A fate that is greater that they really deserve.However a modern day tragic hero does not nessecerely have to be of noble birth,They can just be an ordinary human with nothing too special.His or her story may
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In the movie maximus was a Spanish soldier and was once a great roman army general who everyone loved and respected. He was sent to be killed,he escaped from being killed. He then became a slave,then eventually ended up a gladiator who risked his life and tried to survive just for people's entertainment. He went from a well treated general in the Roman army to a slave or gladiator used just for people's entertainment.He posses some of the traits that a tragic hero needs to have however he does not posses enough to be considered a tragic hero. In my opinion I think maximus is not considered a tragic …show more content…
Maximus possesses some of these traits but not all of them. He doesn't not have the necessary traits for him to be considered a tragic hero. One common trait for a tragic hero he has is that he is a leader of men and is physically or emotionally wound by his experiences. We see this in the movie because in the battle between maximus and the caesar of rome he is slashed in the leg. Prior to the battle the caesar stabbed him to give himself and advantage. At the end of the battle maximus ended up killing the caesar and a few minutes later he drops dead and the people go silent. This was also the fate greater than he deserved.Another common trait is maximus was consistent during the movie and the audience saw no examples of him acting out of
In the movie maximus was a Spanish soldier and was once a great roman army general who everyone loved and respected. He was sent to be killed,he escaped from being killed. He then became a slave,then eventually ended up a gladiator who risked his life and tried to survive just for people's entertainment. He went from a well treated general in the Roman army to a slave or gladiator used just for people's entertainment.He posses some of the traits that a tragic hero needs to have however he does not posses enough to be considered a tragic hero. In my opinion I think maximus is not considered a tragic …show more content…
Maximus possesses some of these traits but not all of them. He doesn't not have the necessary traits for him to be considered a tragic hero. One common trait for a tragic hero he has is that he is a leader of men and is physically or emotionally wound by his experiences. We see this in the movie because in the battle between maximus and the caesar of rome he is slashed in the leg. Prior to the battle the caesar stabbed him to give himself and advantage. At the end of the battle maximus ended up killing the caesar and a few minutes later he drops dead and the people go silent. This was also the fate greater than he deserved.Another common trait is maximus was consistent during the movie and the audience saw no examples of him acting out of