Download - Tragic Heroes: From Ancient Greece to 2013
THE EVOLUTIONOF THE
TRAGIC HEROFROM ANCIENT GREECE
TO2013
"A man cannot become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall." — Aristotle
WHAT DO THESE CHARACTERS HAVE IN COMMON?
WHAT IS A TRAGIC HERO?
A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy.
Key characteristics› Fatal flaw› Fate is sealed› Audience often empathizes with hero› Tragic end
FROM PROMETHEUS TO Eddard stark TO…?
ANCIENT GREECE ANCIENT ROME COMICS FILM TELEVISION VIDEO GAMES WHERE ELSE?
Bibliography
www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanPrometheus.html http://
movies.ndtv.com/hollywood/peter-parker-dies-in-new-spiderman-comic-310299
http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Kratos http://hbowatch.com/eddard-stark-a-man-of-honour/ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tragic+hero http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TragicHero