According to Aristotle, who is the ideal tragic - hero?
Aristotle gives various qualities of the ideal tragic hero. The first quality of the Tragic hero is that he should not be an utter villain. This is because the fall of such a person will not arouse feelings of pity and fear which is the main function of tragedy.
Aristotle is of the view that even a perfectly good or saintly man is not suitable to become the hero of a tragedy This is because his fall shocks and repels as he is morally good. His martyrdom is a spiritual victory. The sense of his moral triumph drowns the feeling of pity for the suffering the character.
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The ideal tragic hero should neither be too good nor he should be too bad. He should be, on the other hand, an intermediate sort of person. The tragic hero has a fault in him which brings C about his misfortune. The fault is called ' Hamartia ' in Greek. The root meaning of the word is missing the mark. He falls not because of the act of some outside agency or vice but because of some miscalculation on his part.
Another qualification of the ideal Tragic Hero is that he must be a man of eminence He should be a man of reputation and prosperity. He must occupy a position of lofty eminence in society.
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