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    Hale Tragic Hero Essay

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    Hale as a Tragic Figure  Base of Paper     ● Tragic Hero ideas 1 and 2 merged    ○ Tragic Hero’s have noble stature  ■ Hale is from the church  ■ Has a strong educational background   ■ Was called in for an important job  ● Like Oedipus and the Sphinx   ○ Tragic Hero’s are not perfect  ■ He is quite naive‚ and easily manipulated   ● Leads him to believe obviously false evidence   ○ Causes death of innocent people  ● Overly confident in his knowledge of witchcraft  ○ obscures the truth to him‚ up until it is too late 

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    Tiger Woods Tragic Hero

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    In history‚ many heroes experienced a tragic downfall; a perfect modern day example of a tragic hero is Tiger Woods. How can somebody so perfect‚ make such a terrible mistake? Before it all happened‚ Tiger Woods was a role model‚ a man with many fans that looked up to him. Woods was recognized for his talents at a very young age. “He was eight when he won the 1984 Junior World Golf Championships‚ having to enter the 9-10 boys’ event as it was the youngest group available”(Biography Channel). At the

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    The character playing the role of Macbeth is considered to be a tragic hero. His actions‚ personality and qualities are three ways to explains why Macbeth is consider to be a tragic hero. At the beginning of the play three witches plan to meet Macbeth after the battle. The King of Scotland is proud of Macbeth for defeating the battle against the Irish. The leader of the Irish was Macdonwald who was one of them and he was rebelling against the King. After the battle with the Irish the Scottish were

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    Arthur Miller made the comment that a tragic hero “has the inherent unwillingness to remain passive in the face of what he conceives to be a challenge to his dignity.” Nowhere is this more evident than in Miller’s play Death of a Salesman‚ where salesman Willy Loman desperately struggles to regain a sense of dignity after experiencing a number of setbacks in his life. Despite not being able to provide for his family‚ Willy Loman continues the futile struggle to earn a living‚ which shows the despair

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    910-410-1700 or 910-276-3331 Advising & Scheduling June 11 – June 14‚ 2012 Schedule of Classes – Fall Semester 2012 Fall 2012 Scheduling for Currently Enrolled Students: Mon – Thu‚ June 11 – 14 New Student Scheduling for Fall 2012‚ 2:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.: Wed‚ June 20; Tue‚ July 10; Wed‚ July 25 August 13 – 14 August 15 – 16 August 17 August 20 August 20 – 22 August 29 September 3 September 4 September 25 September 26 October 2 October 8 – 9 Monday – Tuesday Wednesday – Thursday

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    BIS3043: CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF DRAMA FIRST ASSIGNMENT: TRAGIC HERO DR.LAJIMAN JANOORY GROUP A SEMESTER 3 2012/2013 FARIDA HAMIMI BT MUHAMAD SAIDI D20111047721 AT06-TESL FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATIONS Questions: Aristotle in the Poetics defines the tragic hero as someone who is neither excessively evil‚ someone who is rather like ourselves‚ who falls from prosperity into adversity because of an error and/or character falling. Discuss this statement with close reference to

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    Break Down of the Tragic Character Thesis: Although both Antigone and Creon experience supreme pride and a sense commitment‚ only Creon the tragic hero of the play‚ experiences transfiguration. Creon‚ the new ruler of Thebes decides that Antigone’s brother Polynices will not be given a proper burial because he betrayed his homeland. Antigone tried to give him a proper burial and is supremely proud of her deeds and herself because she believes them honorable and if she must be punished

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    Jay Gatsby Tragic Hero

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    Death of a Salesman‚ is considered tragic heroes because of their pitiful storylines; however‚ are Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman real tragic heroes? According to Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is a king that has flaws‚ makes mistakes‚ yet he realizes his mistake at the end of the story; the hero must also have a destiny bigger than he deserved‚ and have excessive pride (Tragic Hero defined by Aristotle). Arthur Miller believes the same characteristics are needed in a tragic hero‚ however Miller thinks a regular

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    Oedipus: The Tragic Hero Normally when someone hears the word “tragedy‚” they automatically think of suffering‚ pain‚ destruction‚ and calamity. The final result would be the unfortunate collapse of a powerful protagonist whether it was a misjudgment or a flaw within their character. A great example of a tragedy would be Oedipus the King by Sophocles. This play was set in the city of Thebes during another terrible plague that the people had just overcome. It tells about a king who lives out his

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    In Shakespeare’s plays‚ tragedy is identified as a story that ends unhappily due to the fall of the protagonist‚ which is the tragic hero. For a play to be a tragedy‚ there must be a tragic hero. In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo is the tragic hero. The theme of tragedy plays a great role in the play. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ flaws in the characters of Romeo‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence help cause the fatal outcome of the play. Romeo‚ just like any normal human being

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