Time and time again we see throughout literature a tragic hero who possesses some fatal flaw which inevitably leads to their downfall. I believe that as humans we all possess our own “tragic flaw”‚ but unlike these great tragic heroes‚ we learn to cope with and embrace these flaws. This sentiment I find especially true in myself‚ noting that my own “tragic flaw” is my extreme volume and talkative nature. Throughout these past seventeen years‚ I have been learning to come to terms with my loud voice
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In Hamlet we see diverse characters who can be seen as having tragic flaws. Polonius‚ the loyal advisor to the king and the father of Laertes and Ophelia has a tragic flaw. This is his loyalty to the state and more specifically the king. Polonius’s characteristic of loyalty warrants a flaw given that it leads to his tragic death. In using Aristotles interpretation of a tragedy‚ Polonius’s loyalty is also tragic. The audience worries that they may have the same fate and are also sympathetic of Polonius
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suffers is a Tragic Hero. In many of Shakespeare’s plays‚ the protagonist’s character embodies those characteristics of a Tragic Hero. Due to their flaws‚ a Tragic Hero’s actions are often heinous and cause great internal conflict. In William Shakespeare’s Mactbeth‚ there are many factors that contribute to the decline of Macbeth‚ such as the witches’ prophecies and Lady Macbeth‚ turning him from a noble man to a self conceited and violent individual. Because of Macbeth’s tragic flaws‚ he falls from
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sold him to a wicked sorcerer when he was an infant‚ but the curse made it inevitable for history to repeat itself. After the curse took effect‚ he spent every agonising moment perfecting his sorcery skills. The long-term goal of his was to retrieve what was his someday; the daughter that his wife tragically died for while giving birth and was kidnapped soon after. All his sorrow and anger got channeled from this life changing occurrence into looking for his long lost daughter. It took him numerous
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Critic Northrop Frye once commented that "Tragic heroes are so much the highest points in their human landscapes" (Frye 1). Few characters illustrate this characteristic of a tragic hero better than that of Victors Frankenstein‚ the protagonist of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. His story is one of a brilliant man whose revolutionary ideas brought suffering to himself‚ his family and friends‚ and his creation. Victor is an instrument as well as a victim to this suffering throughout his story. From
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Macbeth and Tragic Flaw Tragic flaw is defined as a personality flaw that makes the person commit a serious mistake so gravely that it can cause him/her death. A tragic flaw can also refer to a flawed judgment that a character has passed over a course of action‚ which is sadly irrevocable. In “Into the Wild”‚ Chris McCandless can be said to have committed a tragic flaw which has resulted in his death. By stubbornly clinging onto his ideal way to live‚ McCandless boldly leaves everything behind
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Othello’s Tragic Flaw For every Shakespearean tragedy there is a grossly unfortunate sequence of events that eventually leads to a bloodbath. The reason for this bloodbath is the tragic flaw. The tragic flaw is the small character defect in the protagonist that‚ in most circumstances‚ wouldn’t have been a big problem if not for said events. People frequently mistake Othello’s tragic flaw. They jump to the seemingly obvious choice of jealousy or naivety. The actually tragic flaw will be revealed
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Tragic Elements in M of V The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare’s other romantic comedies‚ the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes‚ and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech. Also notable is Portia’s speech about "the quality of mercy". The title character
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King Lear the Tragic Hero In his Poetics Aristotle defines Tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious‚ complete‚ and of a certain magnitude“(Part VI). By Aristotle’s definition‚ a Tragedy imitates human experiences and the misfortunes that can accompany them. It builds and eventually purges pity and fear in readers‚ all while teaching and entertaining. While Tragedy can often be unpleasant or intense‚ “one needs to stand by at some time to Oedipus and hold the knife of his own most terrible
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internecine bloodshed. Throughout the story‚ Donalbain is shown as envious of Malcolm‚ perhaps even more than was Macbeth. The ending recasts the story as a closed circuit of action suggesting that the tragedy will be repeated ad infinitum. It may explain Fleance’s founding of the House of Stuart‚ the extinction of Duncan’s line‚ and the
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