Insanity: a derangement of the mind. Coward: someone who lacks courage and bravery in the face of danger, difficulty, hardships, opposition, or pain. Hamlet: a character that rapidly loses his sanity after a strange encounter with his father’s ghost and acts indecisively out of fear for his own fate. In Act 1 of Hamlet, the … Read more
A hero is someone who did something ordinary in an extraordinary way; through thousands of years of reading about heroes in Greek mythology or, seeing Oprah donate five hundred million dollars to a school in Africa. Heroes have helped and inspired people to do unbelievable things. Heroes are usually very selfless and always have a … Read more
Since the time of the Ancient Greeks, Aristotle’s model of the Tragic Hero has been adapted to remind people of the imperfection of humans. The Tragic Hero is originally portrayed as a noble and god-like person. However, through his own actions and imperfections, the Tragic Hero falls from his once noble stature. In Shakespeare’s Scottish … Read more
Upon reading Greek tragedies, many similar themes and tropes would often reappear as a way to tell the audience that the story which they are reading is a tragedy. One of these tropes was the seeking justice. Whether if the justice for another person or their own gratification, justice was a major influence in these … Read more
As selfish and self-centered today’s society solicits, many humans foreshadow no hope left for humanity, but Mr. Richard Lemieux a successful business man that went broke but overcame his problems today lives comfortably proves society wrong. As proof, Mr. Richard in “The lady in Red” provides examples that made him change his mind. He aims … Read more
Since the inception of Sophocles’ Antigone, there has been an argument regarding the true tragic hero of the play. It is a commonly held certainty that Antigone must be the tragic character merely because she and the drama share the same name. This is, of course, a very reasonable supposition. Surely Sophocles must have intended … Read more
A tragic hero is said to be doomed from his beginning. Though courage and loyalty dwell in him, the temptation of superior life can be unsurpassable, and a civil person can display vicious, primitive attitudes and carry out evil deeds. Macbeth was an unfortunate man, who seemed insatiable, pitiless, and power-hungry, but really just attempted … Read more
Death of a Salesman is the story of Willy Loman, a middle-class salesman who, in the course of a single day, comes to realize that the American Dream, which he has pursued for 40 years, has failed him. Willy’s relentless, but naive pursuit of success has not only affected his sense of his own worth … Read more
Dramatists such as Aristotle started to write a series of plays called tragedies. They were as follows: the play revolved around a great man such as a king or war hero, who possessed a tragic flaw. This flaw or discrepancy would eventually become his downfall. These types of plays are still written today, for example, … Read more
This analysis is to determine the character that fits the tragic hero profile; it was completely based according to the Aristotelian idea of tragic hero and it is understood that hero is: neither purely evil or purely wicked; the hero must born in the high social status, and he/she must possess a tragic flaw which … Read more