Tragic Hero Kurt Cobain A tragic hero is a person who is an inspiration or a hero, but they too have their flaws. Kurt Cobain was a tragic hero because his music spoke to those who were going through a tough time. However, his drug use was his mistake and his depression was his flaw. In the end, he made an impact on society when he was alive and after his death. Kurt Cobain’s life was his art and music, he put his pain into his lyrics, his drug use and death caused his downfall, and the impact his
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Tragic heroes are characters who have flaws that lead to their downfall. These two things make up tragic heroes but the discovery is the last final factor. The discovery is when the character becomes aware of how their flaw led to their downfall. Both Chinua Achebe and William Shakespeare wrote about tragic heroes. In Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Shakespeare’s Othello both Okonkwo and Othello are tragic heroes; however, Othello better exhibits the qualities of a tragic hero. Because they are both
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Throughout Sophocles’ Antigone, a distinction is made between Creon and Antigone that defines an understanding of who the tragic hero is. While it is seemingly established that Antigone is, for her suffering fate and her will to do what is right in the face of grave consequences. However, upon considering the details of the story, and the definition of a “tragic hero” as defined by Aristotle, it seems that, while Antigone may be considered the hero or martyr of the story, Creon is the true Tragic
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During many of Shakespeare’s tragedies, a tragic hero is identified as a heroic figure that has a flaw that leads to the character's downfall. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there are many arguments over who is the tragic hero. Some people say it is Marcus Brutus. Others say that it is Julius Caesar. After examining these two options, a solution has been made. Brutus is the tragic hero because he possesses such heroic qualities and dies at the end of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus
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Romeo Montague, from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is a tragic hero. According to the Notes on Aristotle’s Tragic Hero, “A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his downfall” ( ). A character must possess certain characteristics to be considered an Aristotelian hero. Romeo possesses three of these characteristics: hamartia, anagnorisis, and peripeteia. William Shakespeare’s usage of hamartia, peripeteia, and anagnorisis portrays Romeo as
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In Death of a Salesman and in The Glass Menagerie both protagonists play a deep role with facing a tragic fate. Both plays show the struggle of the American dream and how it’s not what they make it to seem. It shows that the average man strives to achieve his rightful place in society but, remains unrecognized which eventually leads to his downfall. First of all, Willy’s tragic fault is his inability to be content by the reality of his life. He insists living in this fantasy world which he cannot
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Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is play that revolves all around the unsuccessful salesman, Willy Loman. This play is Willy’s play with each character responding to Willy’s emotions, desires, and actions. All his actions are developed through his interactions with others. He reacts to characters in the present and in the past through his flashbacks. His desire to be a successful salesman results in him being obsessive, angry, and suicidal. Willy is a character that craves success and is obsessed
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One of Shakespeare’s most famous plays is Romeo and Juliet, a drama about two teenagers who tragically fall in love, but are kept apart by their rivaling families. Romeo Montague, one of the main characters, fits the role of a tragic hero. He fits the role of a tragic hero for these three reasons: the making and discovery of his failure; his suffering too much for his mistake; and in the end, dying. Some say that the fact that he committed suicide makes Romeo unfit for the role of a tragic hero.
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People often say that a tragic hero will have to sacrifice themselves due to their weakness. In the play The Crucible, John Proctor fits this description very well. Although Aristotle’s qualifications for a tragic hero include being of noble birth, John proctor is best described as a tragic hero because he ends up dying to save his name due to his flaw. In The Crucible, John Proctor is a common man and known throughout his community. Towards the beginning of the novel, he has an affair with a girl
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When ever watching superhero movie It always seems that the main character is always a tragic hero.A tragic hero is someone who has high status a tragic flaw and a downfall. As with superman everything seems to go well for him but because of kryptonite (supermans weakness) things seem to go down hill. In the book othello the main character, othello, is the perfect example of a tragic hero he has a very high status and well respected man. Othello was the general of the army and iago stated that
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