ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A tragic hero is a type of character in a tragedy, and is usually the protagonist. Tragic heroes typically have heroic traits that earn them the sympathy of the audience, but also have flaws or make mistakes that ultimately lead to their own downfall. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a tragic hero.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some of the most famous examples of tragic heroes in literature can be found in Shakespeare’s plays. Among Shakespeare’s most famous tragic heroes are Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tragic heroes typically have heroic traits that make the audience have sympathy for them, but also have flaws, or make mistakes, that ultimately lead to their own downfall. For example, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a tragic hero.

Detailed explanation-4: -A tragic hero is a character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous and sympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat.

Detailed explanation-5: -The word ‘tragic flaw’ is taken from the Greek concept of Hamartia used by Greek philosopher Aristotle in his Poetics. Shakespeare’s tragic hero Hamlet’s fatal flaw is his failure to act immediately to kill Claudius, his uncle and murderer of his father. His tragic flaw is ‘procrastination’.