Tragic Character A common question that is asked when discussing William Shakespeare's tragic play, King Lear, is what makes King Lear a tragedy? ... There are many reasons why Lear is considered a tragic character one being he is unaware of Cordelia's love and loyalty to him so he punishes her causing her incredible pain and sorrow. ... Lear is a complex tragic character who suffers from poor decisions and regret and betrayal. ...

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" The plot may be either simple or complex, although complex is better. ... Complex plots have both "reversal of situation" (peripeteia) and "recognition" (anagnorisis) connected with the catastrophe. ... Characters in a tragedy are also very important. In a perfect tragedy, character supports plot. ... This change should come due to some 'tragic flaw' in his character. ...

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A perfect tragedy contains the six elements of drama: plot, character, thought, diction, spectacle, and song. ... A complex plot contains a hero, seeking happiness, who brings about his own destruction. Aristotle viewed a complex plot as more artistic than a simple. Scarface contains a plot which in this writer's opinion is complex because the main character Tony Montana is seeking to create happiness by gaining wealth, which brings about his downfall. ... The tragic flaw is a defect in character compounded with an error in judgment, something we all make. ...

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Such elements are: plot, character, language, thought, spectacle, and melody. ... Then there is the spectacle, which is the "manner", and the remaining three, the plot, character and thought are the "objects" that are imitated. ... Aristotle continues depicting the plot categorizing it in two manners: simple and complex. ... In contrast, in a complex plot, the change of fortune involves recognition or a reversal or both. ... In the play Oedipus Rex, Sophocles portrays the main character, Oedipus, as a good- natured person who has bad judgment and is frail. ...

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Such elements are: plot, character, language, thought, spectacle, and melody. ... Then there is the spectacle, which is the "manner", and the remaining three, the plot, character and thought are the "objects" that are imitated. ... Aristotle continues depicting the plot categorizing it in two manners: simple and complex. ... In contrast, in a complex plot, the change of fortune involves recognition or a reversal or both. ... In the play Oedipus Rex, Sophocles portrays the main character, Oedipus, as a good- natured person who has bad judgment and is frail. ...

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In Shakespeare's play entitled "Titus Andronicus", Shakespeare has the ability to create two of the most immense characters that had several devil like traits. Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and Aaron are such complex characters that the word evil does not define who they truly are. Evil is defined as morally wrong, characterized accompanied by misfortune or suffering, or due to actual or imputed bad conduct or character. These two characters serve as a purpose of teaching the reader to create their own definition of evil as well as deciding if revenge is evil or just a character t...

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"Those qualities which make a character heroic (or admirable or exceptional) may also cause his suffering or destrucion. To what extent is this statement true of a character in Hamlet?" ... The character of Hamlet is cursed with the characteristics that create a tragic hero. ... Hamlet is a character - so rich, so complex, so enigmatic, at once so opaque and transparent. ... Hamlet is arguably the greatest and deepest dramatic character ever created. ...

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According to Aristotle, a tragic plot must have three complex factors: reversal, recognition, and scene of suffering. ... Next, the character recognizes their hamartia, or mistake, and overcome it; the recognition phase of a tragedy. ... Another aspect of what Aristotle believed made a perfect tragedy is character, obviously, that of the tragic hero. ... Both Willy Loman and Oedipus suffer from a major flaw in their character, which is the primary factor in drawing the course of their respective fates. ... He knows our lower middle class as few others do, and Willy Loman is his supreme cha...

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Throughout the Shakespearean play Hamlet, the audience encounters the never-ending temperamental personalities of Hamlet that make his character so complex. ... Hamlet's character portrays the most important and influential role in the play. ... Hamlet's character is very significant in the tragedy. ... Hamlet's character forms the play. ... His character also pulls the audience to view everything from his point of view. ...

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However, in the tragedies of the fifth century, women were dominant major characters that were seen as heroines. ... The character of Clytemnestra in Aeschylus" Agamemnon is very masculine and is shown posses some male traits. ... Euripides Medea is one of the tragedies that shows a woman dominating the rest of the characters in the play. This female character throughout the play criticises the conditions of women and they way they were treated. ... These female characters are just some of the complex, intelligent strong women that appear in Greek tragedy, who seem t...

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At the other end of the spectrum are character's who respect Othello. ... The next most important character who helps round out Othello's character as a respected man is Cassio. ... It also complements his character in dealing with the play's antagonists. ... Othello's righteous character also had a sinister side. ... This romantic interest is now yet another opportunity to build up Othello's character. ...

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In many cases, these elements of madness are too complex for a high school audience to fully comprehend. ... It is clear that these characters are primarily governed by their belief in fate. ... In Hamlet, all the prominent characters die, whether it is by poisoned wine, or the sword, or suicide. ... Such a setting provides a heightened reality, not just for the characters in the play, but for the reader as well. ... Viola ends up in a complicated situation in which she eventually must explain herself to the other characters in the conclusion. ...

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While the Greek hero follows his fate, making serious mistakes and having a fairly simple life, the Anglo-Saxon "super" hero tries, and may succeed, to change his fate, while dealing with a fairly complex life. ... His tragedy results from within his character. ...

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These new ideals, though good in intentions, often conflicted with each other creating complex moral dilemmas. ... She never once regrets burying her brother, which makes her character admirable. ... In spite of everything, Antigone's character reveals how much she would do to prove her love for someone else. ...

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