(Dictionary.com). Another character archetype of the hero is the tragic hero. Oedipus from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is an example of a tragic hero. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is usually noble by birth, has hamaria, has peripeteia, his actions usually result in self awareness, and the audience feels pity or fear for him. A modern tragic hero would be a man of noble stature or acts extraordinary, he’s good except not too good, his destruction proves a point, and his downfall is his own fault…
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