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Tragic hero
      Name:    pooja jumani k
      Roll no: 08
                 M.A. part 2 sem 3
      topic:   Tragic hero

      Paper no:
      literary theory & criticism
             Year 2012-13
Aristotle on tragedy
1.   Definition of tragedy
    Imitation
    An action with serious
     implication
    Complete
2.   The tragic hero
    A great man
    Mistake
3.   plot
    Reversal
    Recognition
    Suffering
Types of tragic characters

   The madness

   The lost soul

   The victim

   The foolish
 WillyLoman: A Tragic Hero in "Death
 of a Salesman"
Thank you
 Dr. Dilip barad
 Department of English Maharaja
 Krishnakumarsinhji university Bhavnagar
 Bhavnagar

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Tragic hero

  • 1. Tragic hero Name: pooja jumani k Roll no: 08 M.A. part 2 sem 3 topic: Tragic hero Paper no: literary theory & criticism Year 2012-13
  • 2. Aristotle on tragedy 1. Definition of tragedy  Imitation  An action with serious implication  Complete 2. The tragic hero  A great man  Mistake 3. plot  Reversal  Recognition  Suffering
  • 3. Types of tragic characters  The madness  The lost soul  The victim  The foolish
  • 4.  WillyLoman: A Tragic Hero in "Death of a Salesman"
  • 6.  Dr. Dilip barad  Department of English Maharaja  Krishnakumarsinhji university Bhavnagar  Bhavnagar