1. The Tragic Hero of Bacchae
In the Greek play Bacchae by Euripides, many of the characters, such as Dionysus, Cadmus, and Pentheus, have at least one of these aforementioned attributes, but the one with all those characteristics who would most likely be the tragic heroine of Bacchae is Agave. ... As the drama Bacchae nears its end, Agave's fate turns out to be more and more like that of a tragic heroine. ... Thus, taking this factor into account along with Agave's tragic flaw that causes her to lose her son and go from a respected noble down to a despicable and wretched exile, one would conclude that Agave t...
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