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christennichole
christennichole: 4 months ago

Can someone please define tragic hero?

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MsStina
MsStina: 4 months ago | Last edited at 10:18AM on 2/15/2013

Tragic hero is the guy who is the good guy, the 'hero', but has one flaw (ex: Oedipus was a tragic hero because he was a good guy but had a bad temper) which is the cause of their downfall (with Oedipus, his downfall is caused by his temper because if he didn't anger easily he would never had murder3d his father, or married his mother!) This is 'tragic' because it's an overall good guy who is completely ruined because of just one flaw. So key concepts are: overall good guy, tragic flaw, and then their downfall (I'm not sure if that's referred to the 'tragic fall' or you could just say their downfall) = TRAGEDY!

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Shanoo_Mehboob
Shanoo_Mehboob: 4 months ago

A tragic hero is the protagonist in a story who go through some sort of tragedy. A tragic hero is often found in emotional dramatic novels and movies.

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johnca33
johnca33: 4 months ago

a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat

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LouisJolliet
LouisJolliet: 4 months ago

Not really, but by context I would say a person who provides a beneficial service to someone else at a extreme detrimental cost to him/herself.

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tydrekia
tydrekia: 4 months ago

just remember a tragic hero always have a tragic flaw...

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smartgirl21
smartgirl21: 4 months ago

Hercules is a great example or a tragic hero. The 'hero ' or 'heroine ' in the story goes through some type of tragic event, but gets through it. There is usually a love story tied in, and a lot of drama.

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GaelicGrl11
GaelicGrl11: 4 months ago

A Tragic Hero is a character with a good intent, but a tragic flaw that leads to his downfall. A good example is Brutus from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. His intent was to end tyranny, but his flaw was he loved Rome too much. His downfall was when Cassius, a corrupt senator, convinced him to join the plot to kill Caesar.

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