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Name Instructor Course Date The Tragic Hero Introduction A tragic hero refers to an influential or important person who commits an error in making a judgment and faces the severe consequences of his actions causing them to fall from high and social and political position. Besides, a tragic hero faces various adversities and demonstrates courage in the face of danger. However, the person may sometimes face downfalls but confronts them courageously. Moreover, a tragic hero confronts his downfalls that result from fate, his personal mistakes or because of some social reasons. Additionally, a tragic hero is a person of misfortune that faces him through misjudgment, leading to his downfall thus triggering feelings of pity and fear. Oedipus is a perfect example of a tragic hero because his pride blinds him from the truth, as his father threw him away to die in the mountains. In his struggle towards escaping from the evil of his life, Oedipus encounters the doom he often strives to avoid. His name, Oedipus, meaning “swell foot” is as a result of his swollen foot. His parents throw him away three days after his birth because of the prediction that he would have to mill his father, the king and marry his mother (Koper 87). The shepherded meant to throw Oedipus in the mountains of Kithairo, pitied him and gave him to the shepherded of King Polybos in another kingdom. Oedipus gets a terrible, tragic mark on his swollen feet as a result of the skewer that his father uses to join his feet together moments before throwing him. Raised in the new kingdom as adopted child, he grew up in Corinth without knowing his history. However, he gets to know the prophecy of his
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