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Tragic Hero 07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor King Lear as a Tragic Hero Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall. 2 07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon Mid

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07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

Tragic Hero

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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
  • Driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
  • Driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate.
  • The hero is often a king or leader in the community, head of family.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
  • Driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate.
  • The hero is often a king or leader in the community, head of family.
  • They symbolize the community or the family unit.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
  • Driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate.
  • The hero is often a king or leader in the community, head of family.
  • They symbolize the community or the family unit.
  • The heros’ downfall is caused by their fmaws (for example excessive pride).
  • The heros fjght to the death due to fmawed belief system.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
  • Driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate.
  • The hero is often a king or leader in the community, head of family.
  • They symbolize the community or the family unit.
  • The heros’ downfall is caused by their fmaws (for example excessive pride).
  • The heros fjght to the death due to fmawed belief system.
  • Tragic heros understand they are doomed.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
  • Driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate.
  • The hero is often a king or leader in the community, head of family.
  • They symbolize the community or the family unit.
  • The heros’ downfall is caused by their fmaws (for example excessive pride).
  • The heros fjght to the death due to fmawed belief system.
  • Tragic heros understand they are doomed.
  • The heros’ downfall should arouse pity and/or terror in the reader.
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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
  • Driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate.
  • The hero is often a king or leader in the community, head of family.
  • They symbolize the community or the family unit.
  • The heros’ downfall is caused by their fmaws (for example excessive pride).
  • The heros fjght to the death due to fmawed belief system.
  • Tragic heros understand they are doomed.
  • The heros’ downfall should arouse pity and/or terror in the reader.
  • They learn from their mistakes, but this fact cannot save them from their fate.
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  • Great. Good. Flaw. Downfall.
  • Heroes are neither 100% good nor 100% evil.
  • They are fated to cause grief to individuals or to the community.
  • Driven and obsessed with past deeds or by fate.
  • The hero is often a king or leader in the community, head of family.
  • They symbolize the community or the family unit.
  • The heros’ downfall is caused by their fmaws (for example excessive pride).
  • The heros fjght to the death due to fmawed belief system.
  • Tragic heros understand they are doomed.
  • The heros’ downfall should arouse pity and/or terror in the reader.
  • They learn from their mistakes, but this fact cannot save them from their fate.
  • There may be supernatural involvement.

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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

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King Lear as a Tragic Hero

07.01.13 || English 2322: British Literature: Anglo-Saxon — Mid 18th Century || D. Glen Smith, instructor

In addition, Shakespeare includes:

  • an apparent internal struggle is shown through a central fjgure’s soliloquy;

this moments allow a greater connection to the character, even if his or her actions are opposed to the audience’s values

  • often Shakespeare’s heros seek a stronger understanding of their world;

these characters are confused by sudden shifting of power or they develop a misunderstanding of their fate

  • the audience often feels a sense of waste; a tragic hero’s obsession over fate
  • r his/her attempts to affect history leaves only an atmosphere of misery

and lack of resolution