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    The term tragic hero is defined as a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities, but also has a dramatic downfall. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart gives us a perfect example of a tragic hero. The book is about how the lives of the Igbo’s noble figure Okonkwo and the other members are affected by British Colonialism and Christian missionaries. Okonkwo was a tragic hero because he was admired by many because of his noble achievements but he let…

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    most known tragic heroes, which are Byronic Hero, Anti-Hero, and Tragic hero. A byronic hero is the main character, who is rebellious. This hero has a troubled past and indulges in self-destructive behavior that threaten to doom her/him.An anti-hero is also the main character but is flawed in some way and often does not display admirable qualities. An example of an anti-hero is mostly all fiction heroes such as cat women. Lastly a tragic hero is the main character of a tragedy whose tragic flaw…

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    Oedipus Arrogance

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    Oedipus Rex is a chaotic play written by Sophocles that can leave quite the impression, as it takes unexpected twists and revolves around a tense atmosphere. The play takes place in Thebes, a kingdom ruled by Oedipus, who attempts to rescue his people from a gruesome plague. As cruel as it may have been, Oedipus, ruler of Thebes, did deserve his fate due to his foul, stubborn behavior and his questionable actions. Though this topic may be controversial, there is no way to overlook Oedipus’s…

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    Othello Tragic Hero Essay

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    Othello is a true tragic hero because his story strictly adheres to Aristtoles rules of being a tragic hero. Directly parallel to Aristotle’s definition which is the the tragic hero starting out as a great man, and then being defeated by their own mistake. My supporiting evidence to solidfy this claim is that Othello was a great man, created by his military prowess, and his tragic mistake of trusting lago and not his newlywed wife brings him to his own demise, but shortly before, he has a moment…

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    Oedipus In Quicksand

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    Oedipus’s Quicksand In pop culture, quicksand is known for entrapping characters. The harder the character fights to get out of the quicksand, the deeper they continue to sink. Oedipus has much in common with a character in quicksand. The harder he fights to get out of his fate, the closer he is to becoming it. In the tragedy about Oedipus Rex, he goes to Thebes to find it guarded by a sphinx who wants an answer to its riddle. Oedipus gets the riddle correct and frees the kingdom, and becomes…

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    Okonkwo Tragic Flaw

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    A tragic hero is a character that is a good person but has one tragic flaw that can cause their own downfall. After reading a book called Things Fall Apart, the main character Okonkwo became the target of interest to be analyzed. He was one of a few major leaders in a town called Umuofia in Africa. He has done many questionable things for example, he killed a young man that he looked at as his own son, he almost killed one of his wives, and he killed a visiting missionary. Although he has done…

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    be events in a tragic hero’s time of fame. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero should basically be a good man with a minor flaw or tragic trait, in his character. In Antigone, Antigone meets many of the requirements to be a tragic hero because of her suffering, but Creon comes out to be a stronger candidate in the tragedy. In Sophocles Antigone, Creon proves to be the tragic hero because of his hubris, pathos, and peripeteia. In every Greek tragedy, the tragic hero has a tragic flaw, hamartia…

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    How does one define a tragic hero? A character who has undergone great suffering, or their own destruction? Both? In the play /The Crucible/, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is the most tragic hero of them all. Aristotle explains that a tragic hero must possess four essential qualities, which are: goodness, appropriateness, life-likeness, and consistency. John Proctor is all of these things. While a tragic hero is usually someone of high social or noble class, Proctor is written to be a common --…

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    can turn out to be the hero in the end. In “Oedipus Rex” written by Sophocles during ancient times, Oedipus, the son of Jocasta and Thebes, does not believe that the prophecy peopling are telling him is true. The prophecy states that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother. But, by the end of the tragedy the claimed prophecy comes true, Oedipus finds out his true identity, and embodies the qualities of a tragic hero. Oedipus Rex is a tragic hero because he has a tragic flaw, he gains…

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    Every tragic hero has a promising future that is before some fatal flaw in his character overtakes and engulfs all of his actions. With this being said, Othello is no exception and the readers are introduced to a true character who is determined to prove his worth as a husband and noble soldier by talking about his achievements. Unfortunately his position is questionable, so he is easily mislead when situations influence him. Conflicting emotions, suspicious natures and feelings of betrayal…

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