In the tragic play "Antigone"� by Sophocles there has commonly been a controversy as to who is the "tragic hero"�. Sophocles clearly portrays the male protagonist‚ Creon‚ as the tragic hero through his social status and his actions being good‚ yet not exceedingly‚ having an evident tragic flaw that eventually leads to his downfall‚ and his repentance; these are all in accordance with Aristotle’s view of a tragic hero. First‚ Creon is born into a family situation that fits him for the suit of tragic
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A tragic hero is characterized in literature as a great and honourable person whose life takes a monumental downfall because of their fatal flaw. By Aristotle’s definition‚ a tragic hero is “a man who is neither a paragon of virtue and justice nor undergoes the change to misfortune through any real badness or wickedness but because of some mistake” (Aristotle‚ 38). In Shakespeare’s play‚ both Othello and Desdemona fit well within these guidelines. Othello is a well-revered general who is called to
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Aristotle’s Poetics December 19‚ 2010 1. The Concept of Imitation In The Poetics‚ Aristotle asserts that literature is a function of human nature’s instinct to imitate. This implies that as humans‚ we are constantly driven to imitate‚ to create. By labeling this creative impulse an “instinct‚” one is to believe that this desire for imitation is a matter of survival‚ of necessity. The question then arises‚ of what does one feel compelled to imitate and in what way does it aid in our survival
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John Proctor: Tragic Hero or Pompous Malefactor? According to Aristotle‚ a classic tragic hero must meet the following six criteria: nobility (of noble birth) or (wisdom by virtue of birth)‚ hamartia (a flaw or error of judgment)‚ peripeteia (a reversal of fortune‚ brought on by the hero’s hamartia)‚ anagnorisis (the discovery or recognition that the reversal was brought about by the hero’s own actions)‚ the audience must feel dramatic irony for the character‚ and the character’s fate must be greater
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sorrow for the innocents murdered. While‚ fear and pity for the tragic hero’s internal struggles. Allowing the viewers experience catharsis. Nevertheless‚ Chris showcases Aristotle’s element of peripeteia by having intensive affaires with Nola while being blinded by his lust. To enforce the element of peripeteia‚ Chris never got what he desired since he killed Nola later on. he gained nothing but lost the his morals‚ he ended up opposite of where he started. Lastly‚ the elements of anagnorisis and thought
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Like Nephew‚ Like Uncle In Antigone‚ Sophocles portrays Creon is as a leader‚ but as most Greek tragedies evolve‚ nothing remains the same for long. As shown in the play‚ Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus comes to power when he solves the riddle of the sphinx. His reign ends with a catastrophic death. After Oedipus’ death‚ his two sons‚ Polyneices and Etoeocles‚ tragically kill each other in battle. As a result Creon ascends to the throne. In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ Creon represents the tragic hero due
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be; therefore he is not a tragic hero and Death of a Salesman should not be considered a tragedy. Another aspect that contributes to Willy Lowman not being a tragic hero and Death of a Salesman not being a tragedy is Willy’s failure to achieve peripeteia. An additional aspect of Aristotle’s essential
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common for the women during Shakespeare’s time to be obedient to their men‚ Ophelia’s submissiveness eventually drives her to insanity and leads to her suicide. Furthermore‚ Ophelia’s father‚ Polonius‚ is also a fatally flawed character‚ with his peripeteia being his nosiness and propensity to pry‚ which then leads to his death. Shakespeare uses the weaknesses of each character to emphasise that human beings are flawed to warn his audience that if these flaws are not recognised‚ they may‚ and often
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Robbie Jones Ms. Cheney English 1 Honors Period 1 22 May 2012 Tragic Character and Plot in Things Fall Apart Despite being written in 1959 and set in Nigeria‚ Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe reads much like a Greek tragedy. AmidstPrinciples from Aristotle’s theory of tragedy in the Poetics are evident throughout the novel‚ and contribute to the development of the protagonist and the incidents of the plot. Amid the images of slaves‚ missionaries‚ and western colonialism‚ Achebe uses these
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emotion‚ antigone out of good reasoning‚ and the macbeth out of thirst for power. B “All literature shows us the power of emotion. It is emotion‚ not reason that motivates characters in literature.” – Duff Brenna. we could see examples of this in anitgone by sophcles‚ and in macbeth by shakespeare. In Antigone by Sophcles‚ and in macbeth by shakespeare‚ we see that both antigone and macebth act and think out of emotion‚ macbeth wants to become king of scotland very badly‚ and kills many people to
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