![]() Therefore, their downfall is deserved and due entirely to their choices and devices. Though anti-heroes may do good things for wrong reasons, they are fundamentally flawed and their actions serve only themselves. However, as a character, the anti-hero still has an audience’s sympathy. The anti-hero may be deficient in characteristics such as courage or integrity. However, unlike a tragic hero, an anti-hero is lacking in virtues associated with heroism. As a result, these elements work together to generate a sympathetic response from the audience for tragic heroes.Īn anti-hero is also a protagonist in fiction. Finally, a tragic hero should suffer a reversal of fortune from good to bad, often leading to death or punishment that appears to be greater than deserved. ![]() In addition, tragic heroes must possess some sort of tragic flaw as part of their internal make-up or nature that makes them at least partially responsible for their own destruction. Essentially, for a character to be a tragic hero, they must have some initial virtue that makes them powerful, charismatic, or heroic in the minds of the audience. It can be difficult to distinguish between tragic hero and anti-hero in literary works. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |