Tragic Flaw Essay

Drama. Some can see it as also being a tragedy. In this work of drama, there are two main characters; Antigone and Creon. As you know, a tragic hero is a great and virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering and defeat. As to me, I see Antigone being the tragic hero, because of her many tragic flaws. One of Antigone's tragic flaws is her loyalty to the gods and conversely, her disloyalty to Creon. At the beginning of the play, Creon puts out an order that…

ambition that won and embraced his immorality. Yet with the provoking of his wife was the lead to his violent and bloody path to the throne. The constant flaws of ambition and hubris caused Macbeth, to become a mass-murdering…

In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon demonstrates a superiority of man’s law over divine law which later ends in his downfall. Creon is portrayed as the true tragic hero through the tragic actions that he commits to those close to him. As a result, Creons actions along with his hubris foreshadow the deaths of those he sorely cares for. The death of Antigone followed by both his son and wife seemed to fill Creon with guilt and remorse. Due to his superior level as King of Thebes Creon looks…

shows him as the tragic hero through his tragic flaw, his actions that cause his downfall, and his recognition of his errors. Macbeth’s has a tragic flaw of being ambitious, which becomes a problem after the three witches visit Macbeth and Banquo with prophecies of their future; “All hail. Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!/…

from the sogn Send Them Off! by the band Bastille, these lyrics show that the band believes Othello’s tragic flaw is jealousy, which is referred to by Iago as the green-eyed monster. The focus of this essay will be to prove these three things: Othello is a true tragic hero, his tragic flaw is his jealousy, and he is the central character within the play. First, Othello can be categorized as a tragic hero because at the start of the play he has it all; wealth, fame, and a new wife, but by the…

stepfather) for poisoning him. A tragic flaw is a trait in a character that ultimately leads to their own downfall and/or others downfalls. Hamlet's tragic flaw is that he is a thinker rather than a doer. First, Hamlet schemes to be insane. Next, he toys with the idea of committing suicide. Then, he changes the play around to see if Claudius was the actual murder. Finally, he does not kill Claudius while he is praying. Hamlet’s tragic flaw not only…

Sophocles’ plays, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, and Euripides’ play, Medea, share the same three motifs: tragic flaw, betrayal, and self-righteousness; which create the conflicts in each of the three timeless Greek plays, and these motifs are rooted in way people behave. Oedipus’ tragic flaw is how he avidly seeks the truth, even to the extent that his wife would commit suicide and he blind himself. Compassion, which is usually predominant in women, causes Antigone’s downfall because she felt…

A tragic flaw is an error in judgment or a weakness in character. King Creon has evident flaws throughout the course of the story. He has no sense of sympathy or empathy for Antigone, and he is stubborn in not listening to other people’s point of view. He thinks his opinions are always right to matter what. In the article called “Gender pride as the tragic flaw in Sophocles’ Antigone” written by Omolara Kikelomo Owoeye, it states…

Attitudes have always been known as tragic flaws for most characters, from Macbeth to Frankenstein their attitude both leads them to their fall from grace. In the short story, The Necklace, Guy De Maupassant does just that. He writes about how a young woman's attitude leads to her downfall; thus leaving her worse off than before. Mathilde Loisel’s tragic flaws leads to both her and Mr. Loisel’s to fall from grace. Mathilde Loisel’s selfish and greedy attitude is her major flaw, which corrupts…

among Shakespeare scholars, critics, and enthusiasts that the character of Othello is a tragic hero with his flaw being his lack of self knowledge. While there is truth to that construct, Othello’s flaw goes deeper than his self understanding because he also does not realize his inability to recognize lies from truth, love from hidden hate, manipulation, or poor characterization skills. Othello’s tragic flaw is not simply that he does not know himself, but much more generic in that Othello has…