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Tragic Hero
Aristotle :a) Great Greek philosopher
b) Psychologist
c) Logician
d) Moralist
e) Political thinker
f) biologist
g) He was the first person
h) define - tragic hero
i) His belief - good tragedy
j) evoke feelings - fear , pity
k) Catharsis - fundamental experience of emotion
* Catharsis is the process of releasing strong emotions through some activities
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He doesn't know what needs to be done with
his own fortune because of his own fault , puzzled situation
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Now it can be seen that how happiness changes to misery
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4 qualities of a tragic hero 1) Goodness
2) Consistency
3) Appropriateness
4) Likeness
5) True to life

Characteristics of a tragic hero 1) Noble birth - He must belong from a noble family, high social status , he can be
member of the royal family , he should maintain his noble status among the society
and he can be king , prince or a person from the royal family
2) Tragic flaw - A tragic hero does a error in judgement , or mistaken of acts that
leads to his downfall and because of this error his fortune changes
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3) Downfall - A tragic hero must have a downfall because of his own fault and he
follows the path of the tragic flaws, those are - pride , ambition , greed or other
negative traits and this leads to his downfall
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4) Pity and fear - A tragic hero creates an emotional connection with the audience
because of his activities because of this the audience feels pity and fear for the hero
which creates a sense of emotional connection
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