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n. (context drama English) A hero who suffers from a tragic flaw that eventually causes his downfall.
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A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy in Drama. In his Poetics, Aristotle gives advice to the playwright as regards the tragic hero and strictly defines the place that the tragic hero must play and the kind of man he must be. Many of the most famous instances of tragic heroes appear in Greek literature, most notably the works of Sophocles and Euripides.
Tragic Hero (Cantonese Yale: Ying hung ho hon) is a 1987 Hong Kong action- crime film directed by Taylor Wong, and starring Andy Lau, Chow Yun-fat and Alex Man. The film is the sequel to Rich and Famous but was released first due to its appeal as an action film.
A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy.
Tragic hero may also refer to:
- Tragic Hero (film) directed in 1987 by Taylor Wong
- "Tragic Hero" (music), a single by Funker Vogt
- Tragic Hero Records, a record label
Usage examples of "tragic hero".
Tiemosyne, a brilliant study of the Sophoclean tragic hero, and The Poet of Paradox, his forthcoming analysis of Euripidean drama, which I have had the great pleasure of reading in manuscript.
It is in this scene, when he accepts his destiny, that Hamlet actually becomes what is called a tragic hero, confronting openly and in full readiness both the evil in the world and the flaws in himself that make him mortal.
Hearst was now behaving like a Shakespearean tragic hero, in search of a fifth act.
As you continue the play, try to discern other similarities between Blanche and a typical tragic hero.
In a sense, a tragic hero creates his own sense of morality that may run counter to the basic moral rules of the society.