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The True Tragic Hero In Sophocles Antigone
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Antigone, is the drama written by Sophocles. There
is still a great debate on who is the true tragic
hero in Sophocles' Antigone, Creon or Antigone.
Many people believes that it must be Antigone,
herself. This is because Antigone is an
outstanding example of someone who did what she
thought was right, while she was among fools, many
hardships, and people who were discouragingly un
courageous. When the king Creon ordered that the
body of Polyneices, Antigone's brother, be left to
rot unburied bec...
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Tragic Heroine Tragic Character
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Tragic Hero By reading Sophocles, Antigone, one
may think that the name of the play should be
Creon instead; this is because his tragedy is the
axis of the work. It is also clear that he is a
tragic character, but not the only tragic
character in the play. Antigone is battling
against Creon, but she is also clashing against
patriarchy, the power of the state, and the rules
of the society, all in good virtue. Through her
actions, Antigone proves to be more of the tragic
heroine than simply a trag...
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Gatsby Believes Tragic Flaw
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A tragic hero can best be defined as a person of
significance, who has a tragic flaw and who meets
his or her fate with courage and nobility of
spirit. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a
tragic hero. Jay Gatsby is an enormously rich man,
and in the flashy years of the jazz age, wealth
defined importance. Gatsby has endless wealth,
power and influence but never uses material
objects selfishly. Everything he owns exists only
to attain his vision. Nick feels inclined to
reserve all judgements (p....
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Wife Lady Macbeth Tragic Hero
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Everyone who is human must have at least one flaw,
it is impossible to be perfect. Weather it is
something big like a drug addiction or something
small like forgetting to put the toilet seat down.
Macbeth too has flaws, and these flaws eventually
lead to his untimely demise. But Shakespeare isnt
that simple, you see Macbeth goes through four
stages until he reaches the end of his life; his
original state, his tragic flaw, his downfall and
finally his suffering. These four stages help to
justify ...
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Tragic Flaw Heroic Deeds
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A Comparison of Oedipus and Beowulf The characters
Oedipus and Beowulf represent two different types
of heroes. Oedipus is a tragic hero and
characterized by its standards. He was an
influential man of stature who had a tragic flaw.
While he contributed to his own downfall, Oedipus
was not entirely responsible for it. He also
learned a lesson from his mistakes which
ultimately creates a catharsis in the reading
audience. Beowulf, on the other hand, is
characterized by the standards of an epic he...
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Murder Of Duncan Witches Prophecies
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Macbeth: Character Analysis of Macbeth Macbeth was
a true Shakespearean tragic hero. He had many
noble qualities as well as several tragic flaws.
He was a courageous, brave and good nobleman who
was haunted by superstition, moral cowardice and
an overwhelming ambition. Progressively through
the play, his flaws started consuming his
qualities until they are that can be seen of him.
Macbeth was a courageous and strong nobleman. He
and Banquo were leaders of King Duncan's army. His
personal powers ...
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Acute Tragic Hero
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It seems that the nearly all critics of Medea are
unanimous in one prominent feature of the play
alone, and that is in their immense abhorrence for
Jason. Kit says In him (Jason) it is impossible to
find anything that is not mean´ , while
Lucas says Jason is utterly selfish, and utterly
unconscious of his selfishness. It is hard to find
anything kind about Jason as on face value he is
such an obvious villain. But all these comments on
the Medea centre round a study of Medea herself,
while ...
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Oedipus The King Tragic Hero
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Isn t It Ironic? -Oedipus Rex A traffic jam when
you re already late. A no-smoking sign on your
cigarette break. Ten thousands spoons when all you
need is a knife. Meeting the man of your dreams,
and then meeting his beautiful wife. Irony is
everywhere; you just cannot seem to get away from
it no matter where you go. Even back in the day,
they used irony to entertain as well as get a
point across. Sophocles used three different types
of irony in one of his most famous Greek
tragedies, Oedipus th...
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