Aristotle wrote an analysis on tragedy called The Poetics. Aristotle's book on tragedy is "still considered one of the most important documents ever written" on tragedy (Aristotle). ... In Aristotle's book, "The Poetics," a tragic figure possess five characteristics. ... " Creon also admits "ah yes I have learnt, I know my wretchedness" (Exodus, Antigone). ... Based on Aristotle's definition of a tragic figure Aristotle can be considered a tragic figure....

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In Aristotle's observations, he first realized that every great tragedy had a character that was larger than life. ... (I, iii, 442-445). ... He could have chosen to ignore the conniving Iago and retain faith in his wife's truth of character, but, like the fallen hero, he makes the wrong decision, stating, "All my fond love thus I do blow to Heaven."" ... As Aristotle predicts, it is this fateful, irrevocable choice that single-handedly decides his undesired end. ... These main themes were outlined by a man named Aristotle, author of the book Poetics. ...

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I am never sure as I re-read the novel's conclusion, however, as to whether Henchard satisfies the eighth point, except that his fate enriches Elizabeth-Jane's understanding of the human condition. ... Hardy himself seems unclear about the nature of Henchard's hamartia when he quotes Novalis: "Character is fate"--certainly a useful aphorism for a Victorian novelist, though something about which Aristotle in The Poetics does not address. ... http://www.goldenessays.com/alphabetic/1/book-rep/mayor-of-casterbridge.htm In Thomas Hardy's The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Mich...

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