Characteristic of Tragic Hero

1. Characteristic of Tragic Hero
 NAME :Parmar Darshana V.
 ROLL : 5
 M.A. :Sem 1
 Email id :parmardarshana1997@gmail.com
 Paper no : 3 Literary theory &Criticism
 Batch : 2017-2019
 Submitted to : M.K.Bhavnagar University

2. Tragic hero
 A good man coming to bad end (it is shocking and
disturbs faith)
 A bad man coming to good end (neither moving ,nor
moral)
 A bad man coming to bad end (moral but not moving)
 A rather Good man-coming to bad end (an ideal
situation )

3. According to Aristotle……
 Aristotle disqualifies two type of character.
 Purely virtuous and Thoroughly bad.
 He should be a man of mixed character ,neither
blameless nor absolutely depraved.
 He must fall form height to prosperity of glory.
 The protagonist should be renowned and
prosperous.
 His change to fortune can be from good to bad.
 And fall of such man of eminence affects entire
state and nation.

4. Aristotle Conception to the Tragic
Hero
 What is Tragic Hero ?
Accordingly, Aristotle says that the Tragic Hero
Will most effectively evoke both our pity and terror
if he is neither thoroughly good nor thoroughly
bad nut a mixture of both.

5. Aristotle’s Conception of the Tragic
Hero
 What is Tragedy ?
Tragedy term is broadly applied to literary And
especially to dramatic, representation of serious
action which eventuate , in a Disastrous
conclusion for the protagonist.

6. Characteristic of Tragic Hero
 An Aristotelian tragic hero have must four
characteristic:
 Nobleness (of a noble birth)or wisdom(by virtue of
birth).
 Hamartia(translated as tragic flaw ,somewhat
related to hubris ,but denoting excess in behavior
or mistake).
 A reversal of fortune (perihelia) brought about
because of the hero’s tragic error.
 The discovery or recognition that the reversal was
brought about but the hero’s own action.