Tragic Hero

character of “Things Fall Apart”, Okonkwo is a tragic hero. A tragic hero holds power , chooses his course of action, possesses a tragic flaw, and it will lead to his fall. Okonkwo's tragic flaw is his fear of weakness and failure. I think that Okonkwo is a better hero than Odysseus because he had help with the gods along his journey, and Okonkwo had to work for everything, not even from his father. One reason why Okonkwo is a tragic hero, and also a better hero than Odysseus. Okonkwo is a…

regarded as the so-called hero of the story. Aristotle, a renowned Greek philosopher, invented the idea of a tragic hero in his Poetics, a work on literary, dramatic theory. Though the character Hamlet does not originate from Greek literature, he, by Aristotle’s criteria, encompasses the qualities of a tragic hero. Hamlet, too, is an Aristotelian tragic hero. “Lord Hamlet is a prince out of thy star. / This must not be” (Shakespeare 2.2.132-3). Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is…

accordance with the classical Greek tradition of a tragedy. A literature tragedy presents sorrowful events caused by a heroic individual, also known as a tragic hero. An Aristotelian tragic hero must possess specific characteristics such as: a flaw or error of judgment, a reversal of fortune and recognition that the reversal was brought about by the hero 's own actions, excessive pride, and lastly, the character 's fate must be greater than deserved. As a tragedy, Fences includes the death of…

the identity of the tragic hero is debated over. While it was written over 2000 years ago, scholars are still at odds as to whom the tragic hero could be. Many argue that Antigone is the tragic hero, while many insist that it is Creon. Creon is the tragic hero of Antigone because of his hamartia, his recognition of his mistakes, and his neutrality. According to Aristotle, all tragic heroes must have a hamartia, or a Tragic Flaw. Creon is no different than the rest. His tragic flaw just happens…

Oedipus is a classic example of a tragic hero because of his unjust fate and cruel circumstances. When Oedipus is born, his father speaks to a prophet, and it is said that Oedipus will kill his father and be married to his mother. Long before the story even begins, there is prophecy of what he will do. He is strung up by his ankles on a tree by his own family and left to die there until he is saved and adopted. A tragic hero, being defined as a virtuous hero in a dramatic tragedy that is…

What do you think makes a tragic hero? According to “an old dead Greek dude”, otherwise known as Aristotle, the very same who created the guidelines of what would qualify as “a good body of text”, a tragic hero is noble or wise, has a fatal flaw, a reversal of fortune, a realization that their fatal flaw is what caused their misfortune, and a greater fate than they deserved. I personally completely agree with Aristotle’s ideas of a tragic hero. They need to be noble or wise so the audience can…

Since the fall of the Greek empire, the concepts of a tragic play have been largely unchanged over the course of centuries. In fact, Aristotle’s concepts of what constitutes a tragedy have provided people with a template for close to two thousand years. Although there have been minor adaptations to what constitutes a tragedy, the general outline from Aristotle has provided a way for people to distinguish tragedies from comedies. One of the most notable playwrights of classical Athens, Euripides,…

become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” Aristotle believed that a tragic hero was one who was noble by nature yet endowed with a tragic flaw or hamartia. This hero is oftentimes morally equivalent to normal people, allowing the audience to relate to them. Over the course of their life, different virtues show up but they’re eventually matched with an imperfection and that leads them to make an irreversible mistake when faced with a serious decision. The tragic hero is…

The great Aristotle describes a tragic hero as having, among other characteristics: excessive pride, status, good fortune, and a fatal flaw that brings this fortune to an end. (Aristotle) In life, but especially in stories, we encounter tragic heroes, and Macbeth by William Shakespeare is an example of one such story. Macbeth’s tragic hero is particularly heroic and particularly tragic. The title character, Macbeth is incredibly prideful as seen when he trusts the witches. He is also of high…

Antigone: The Tragic Hero Aristotle defined the tragic hero as one who suffers total destruction almost entirely by their own hand because of a fatal flaw. Scholars would call this the tragic flaw. The play Antigone, by Sophocles, has multiple characters that could be argued as the tragic hero, but the best and most defining of a true Greek tragic hero would be that of the character Antigone. Antigone has many fatal and tragic flaws that lead to her demise. The foremost of Antigone’s tragic…