LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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A noble person who becomes completely corrupted
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A cowardly person who doubts himself or herself despite possessing great wealth and political power
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A cowardly person who shows some personal strength when faced with a crisis
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A noble person who makes a costly mistake
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Detailed explanation-1: -htm. TRAGIC HERO CLASSICAL DEFINITION. A tragic hero is a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities. This person is fated by the Gods or by some supernatural force to doom and destruction or at least to great suffering.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle was the first to define a “tragic hero.” He believed that a good tragedy must evoke feelings of fear and pity in the audience, since he saw these two emotions as being fundamental to the experience of catharsis (the process of releasing strong or pent-up emotions through art).
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamartia – It is the tragic flaw that causes downfall of a hero. Hubris – It is excessive pride and disrespect of hero for natural order. Peripeteia – The reversal of fate that the hero experiences. Anagnorisis – This moment happens when hero makes an important discovery in the story.
Detailed explanation-4: -Aristotle’s Tragic Hero: is a literary character who makes an error in judgment that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. Characteristics: Aristotle claims: “A man does not become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.”