Heroes are among one of the most popular literary figures of all time. ... The titular character from Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, also corresponds with Aristotle's idea of a tragic hero. He is a flawed character, his weakness being his excessive pride and over confidence, which is a qualifying factor found in tragic heroes. ... Sophocles's titular character Oedipus is also a tragic hero because of his hamartia that causes his undeserved downfall. These two Grecian literary legends can be defined as Aristotelian heroes. ...

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Some critics claim that the lead character in The Death of a Salesman, Willie Loman, can be classified as a tragic figure or hero. However, others claim that the story is merely a "reality check" type of literary work that makes each individual realize his/her own short-comings. ... (Jacobs 1252-1253) Also, Webster's dictionary gives us the definition: A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. ... Arthur Miller exa...

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Antigone is a tragedy that uses many different literary devices in order to emphasize its tragic qualities such as symbolism, foreshadowing, and imagery. ... The literary devices of symbolism, foreshadowing and imagery demonstrate how the authority of the gods controls the fate of man instead of what the man wanys for himself. ... Though the chorus and most other characters throughout the play know that man has made himself invincible to everything else in the world except the gods, Creon doesn't seem to realize that his choices should not be made in his own interest, but rather, i...

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In the play "Macbeth," one of Shakespeare's greatest literary works, similar themes are woven throughout the plot of each character's storyline. ... His character change begins immediately after he murders Duncan. ... Even though they are both power hungry, Shakespeare uses Macbeth to show the terrible effects that ambition and guilt can have on a man who lacks strength of character....

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Euripides, a master of sight and sound, expressed these ideologies to his audience through the use of symbolic context as well as elegant literary techniques found in the text of Medea. ... She is a character of emotion. ... To the reader Medea sees as a proud character. ... Euripides took all these thoughts, fears and discontents and, with use of ingenious content and striking literary techniques, poured them into the Greek tragedy Medea. ...

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MacBeth A tragedy is a literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw and a moral weakness. ... In this drama we discover that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are, in fact, tragic characters in that they suffer to a greater extent than their misdeeds and their ultimate come to ruin and complete destruction further defines them as tragic figures. ... Likewise, Lady Macbeth's evil persona makes her one of Shakespeare's most forcefully drawn female characters. ...

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Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is a famous Greece tragical play. The main character, Oedipus, is considered as a classic tragic hero base on the most influential literary theorist, Aristotle's definition of tragic hero. According to the definition, a tragic hero is a person who is not eminently good and j...

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For example, if a character portrayed a god on stage, they had to arrive and leave in a godly manor. ... His characters faces moral issues that dealt with everyday life. ... The literary and musical elements he grew up around, soon influenced his genius in writing plays (GreeenhavenPress), and gave him an advantage among his fellow Athenians. ... The characters' actions were reasonable and easy to understand to the audience. ... Introducing a third actor allowed him to go more in depth in regards to the specific characters. ...

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This is what has made it such a popular literary device for writers for centuries and has made it interesting for audiences and readers. ... The characters of each are starkly different, but suffer similar sorrowful fates. ... A tragedy describes a series of misfortunes in the lives of the main character(s) that bring to them to ruin as a consequence of a tragic flaw, a weakness of character or opposing circumstances. ... The tragic character or the audience must come to some revelations of fate and human limitations. ... We respect his character because of his nobility and his intelligenc...

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A literary tragic hero comes in different forms. In Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus was a mythological character who experienced intense personal battles since the day he was born. ... Personally, I feel really bad for both characters but I would definitely lean more towards Oedipus as being more tragic because there was no way he was going to change something that he didn't even cause in the first place. ...

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While the following traits were not literally described by Aristotle, they are typical of most tragic heroes throughout literary history. ... One difference in the tragic effect can be seen in the character's "better than we are" personality. ... He exhibits the character traits of bravery, loyalty and intelligence typical of most tragic heroes, and possesses that tragic flaw, or hamartia, that ultimately leads to his death. ...

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Aristotle's Poetics is considered the first work of literary criticism in our tradition. ... 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. ... At the same time, he says that among the actions that a character performs there are many that may be irrelevant to one another, but yet they form a unified action. ... In the play Oedipus Rex, Sophocles portrays the main character, Oedipus, as a good- natured ...

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Aristotle's Poetics is considered the first work of literary criticism in our tradition. ... 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. ... At the same time, he says that among the actions that a character performs there are many that may be irrelevant to one another, but yet they form a unified action. ... In the play Oedipus Rex, Sophocles portrays the main character, Oedipus, as a good- natured ...

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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 character creation. ... His remarkable similarity to Oedipus classifies him as a tragic hero, yet leaves the reader questioni...

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It was his greatest strength, as it was also his greatest weakness, and for this, its sufficient justification to call him a tragic character. A tragic character as defined by Aristotle is a "literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.... In doing so, he obtains the status of a tragic character (to reiterate), someone who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction, and to conclude, Roland's greatest strength was indeed also, his greatest weakness....

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Parent/Child Relationships One of the great literary genres is drama. ... The Loman tragedy was a tragedy in retrospect that the family never got it together and undoubtedly static character will repeat the same mistakes. ...

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According to Aristotelian dramatic theory, a tragic hero is usually a man of noble standing and good character who possesses a tragic flaw, or hamartia, which eventually contributes to his demise. ... Though this topic is extensively debated by literary critics, Hamlet's tragic flaw, in my opinion, is his intense over-analysis. ...

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Perhaps I could ask you to suspend your judgements until the end of my lecture to weigh your opinion in light of well-known literary critics both ancient and modern such as Aristotle, A.C. ... First of all there is a tragic hero of high status, who is noble but eventually undone by character flaw- hamartia. ... The order is obtained as the nation is now ruled by the three noble, loyal characters of the play- Albany, Kent and the new found King, Edgar, setting the nation into orderliness and initially Lear earns respect from the audience before he dies, leaving the final mood optimistic. ... ...

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Many consider "Hamlet" to be the crown jewel of Shakespeare's literary works. ... In the play the main character Hamlet returns home after receiving news of his fathers death, and his mother's rather swift marriage to his Uncle Claudius who has hastily taken the throne in his father's absence. ...

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