The Fallen Hero
CharacteristicsThis particular type is one of the most common type of heroes. These heroes are usually of high or royal status. They start as noble and heroic people but because of their fatal flaw, hamartia, they are doomed to fall. In the process of the story they consciously choose to end themselves unbeknownst to themselves. Even though the hero has done something bad, one key trait is that the audience must see that the punishment is unfair and excessive. This leads the audience into a catharsis after watching or reading of the deeds. Before the end of the hero they come to understand where they chose the wrong path. These stories can be in almost any format.
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Common Vocabulary
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Examples of Tragic Heroes
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Famous Quote
"Nurse: [Medea] might be a rock or wave or the sea, for all she heeds of sympathy from friends, except sometimes to […] moan to herself about her father--whom she loved--and her country and the home she sacrificed"
~Medea Prologue 27
Citation
"Euripides' Medea." Records.viu.ca. Trans. Ian Johnston. Richer Resources Publications, 2008. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
"Greek Tragedy Vocabullary." Quizlet. Quizlet. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. "The Characteristics of an "Archetypal" Tragic Hero." The Characteristics of an "Archetypal" Tragic Hero. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. |