Aristotle, a well -known Greek philosopher, developed a literary archetype which is still used today in modern literature. This common archetype is that of the tragic hero, which is defined as a character of noble or high stature that has a flaw in his or her morality. This flaw will later trigger their downfall through a tragic event. After this event and their downfall, the hero experiences some form of self-realizations and understanding of their fate. In Veronica Roth’s Trilogy, Divergent, Tris Prior clearly demonstrates the characteristics of a tragic hero. Due to Tris Prior’s high/noble status in her society, combined with her fatal weaknesses, she is a tragic hero. Tris is the daughter of a faction leader in Abnegation, a society …show more content…
This gives Tris an aristocratic and noble status. Tris also shows a level of high status on account of her being divergent, meaning that she aware that the many simulations which the government puts her through are just that: simulations, as opposed to real life. Because the trait is very rare, Tris is of an elevated status, making her a unique and powerful young woman. This is most notable when she becomes aware that leaders of another faction, Erudite, are using the simulations to try to control people in other factions. In her attempt to rebel against Erudite, however, she demonstrates both excessive selflessness and impulsiveness, these exemplify her two fatal flaws. Her impulsiveness is clearly shown when the Dauntless soldiers (controlled by Erudite) come to kill all the divergents and she decides to fight them. Tris says, “Deep inside me I know the answer: I am being reckless. I will probably gain nothing. I will probably die. And more disturbing still: I don't really care” (Roth 181). Although …show more content…
The people who followed Tris in the rebellion against Erudite saw her as a great leader and as a role model, “I don't belong to Abnegation, or Dauntless, or even the Divergent...I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me—they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could (Roth 455). This shows how Tris brought together her people through creating an atmosphere of love and respect. In turn, she became a symbol of loyalty and love to the people of the factions, allowing her the status of a role model. However, despite Tris being a good person, her flaws of impulsiveness and selflessness caused her ultimate downfall. The particular act that caused her death (her downfall) was when she elected to take Caleb’s (her brother) place and release the memory serum herself. The memory serum was to be released and reset the people of the factions memories in order to reestablish peace. However, this was only to be done because David, the man who created the faction system, wanted to continue his “faction experiment”. After Tris realized David’s intentions she wanted to release the memory serum inside the compound in which David and his team lived. Tris’ plan was to tell faction citizens about David and how the faction system was in fact just an experiment so the peace would be
The third fear they went through was killing an innocent lady, he is afraid of this because although he is dauntless right now but he came from abnegation, like Tris, and as they teach them to not murder and
Tragic heroes are characters that make judgement errors that leads to their downfall or destruction. The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet is a prime example of a tragic hero. Shakespeare portrayed Romeo and Juliet as victims that captured the audience's hearts. The book Inherit the wind written by Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee, is no love story, and the main character Matthew Harrison Brady is no Romeo; however Brady does meet Aristotle's criteria to be considered a tragic hero.
But it also could be because she is married to an important Abnegation leader. Maybe she also know more about the initiations from the other factions because her husband works for the government. Why is Eric so afraid of the Divergent? I think he is scared because they could intervene his war plans with the Erudite. Tris says herself: ‘’ He would kill me if he knew what I was.’’
Even though there are two possible tragic heroes, each has an important goal. A tragic hero is a character who exhibits the characteristics of a powerful person who meets a terrible downfall. In “Antigone” by Sophocles, the turmoil of characters' opinions about the laws of men versus the laws of the gods is about which is more important. Crucial differences in religion, social class, and wisdom reveal the true tragic hero. Antigone and Creon have great differences.
A tragic hero is typically known as a literary character whose judgment inevitably leads to their devastating downfall. Antigone by Sophocles is typically the novel that one would compare to a great classic tragic hero novel since it was developed in the Greek tragic era. There were three main characters and each possessed their form of folly. Antigone the main character died for conscience while Creon suffered for hubris from leading his “society”. While Haemon died for the voice of reason.
A tragic hero is a character in the story who attempts to be heroic but makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his or her own death as defined by Aristotle. There are three main Characteristics of a tragic hero. These characteristics reveal themselves through the character Antigone, who in the story is faced with a conflict caused by the king Creon who is also her uncle; and has declared that the body of Antigone’s brother Polynices may not be given a proper burial because he led the rebel army that invaded Thebes, but Antigone wishes to give her brother a proper burial knowing the consequences of doing so. In this classic tragedy written by Sophocles the character Antigone resembles the characteristics of a tragic hero.
Ancient greece evoked many things, and one of them was tragic hero. Tragic hero is someone who can be noble, tragic flaw, reversal of fortune, suffers, recognition, and catharsis. Noble, is someone that is important, they have a high status, and hold an official title. Reversal of fortune is when someone’s life is good at the beginning and ends up being bad or someone life is bad and ends up good. Suffering, is someone who is feeling pain and hurting.
In the Ancient Greek tradition, a tragedy includes Hamartia which is, Peripeteia, Nemesis and Hubris. Hamartia is the hero’s tragic flaws. Peripeteia is when the hero has a reversal of their fate, nemesis is the consequences of the hero’s actions and hubris is an overwhelming pride. An example of a tragic hero would be Walter White from Breaking Bad. Walter White goes from loving family man to a drug kingpin in a short couple of years, showing his ultimate undoing and demise.
Even though a tragic hero character may be daring and demonstrate bravery , they often make common blunders and contribute to their undoing. In
The concept of a tragic hero can also be applied to real-life individuals. For example, Demi Lovato is a perfect example of a modern day tragic hero. Lovato starts out as someone who is common in social status but becomes noble in character. Further, Demi Lovato worked hard for her career in music, amidst all of the hate she received from others. The setting of which Demi Lovato grew up in was one of loving family members, but also one of hateful peers that didn’t respect her for who she was.
In addition, Tris states “Anger bubbles in my chest, and bursts from my mouth: ‘Stop it.’... I am stupid for speaking up while Eric is here” (162). When Eric, the sinister teacher for new members of the Dauntless faction, is being cruel and unjust to Al, Tris is the only one with the courage to tell him that what he is doing is wrong. Bravery and valor are some of the key characteristics required to be in the Dauntless faction, and Tris proves that she definitely possesses those qualities.
After hearing that Octavian was going to transport her to Rome, out what could have been shame brought her into action to killing
(Rand 94). Equality 7-2621 has the mindset of being a powerful human being as one, and so does tris in Divergent. Tris eventually starts to find herslef and the person she will become. She doesn’t listen to her strict society or her peers that also push her around. Tris and Equality 7-2521 know who they truly are, and how they will choose to live their life.
The tragic hero demonstrates how a character in a pla, or a movie starts out with good qualities and everyone like them. Towards the end they have a tragic death. In the play Macbeth this is shown. The main character Macbeth starts out a good leader and a Scottish general, when you get further in the story he starts to show the other stages of the tragic hero.