Back بطل مأساوي Arabic Heroi tràgic Catalan Tragischer Held German Τραγικός ήρωας Greek Héroe trágico Spanish Traaginen sankari Finnish Héros tragique French Herói trágico Portuguese Трагический герой Russian Трагічний герой Ukrainian
A tragic hero (or tragic heroine if they are female) is the protagonist of a tragedy. In his Poetics, Aristotle records the descriptions of the tragic hero to the playwright and strictly defines the place that the tragic hero must play and the kind of man he must be. Aristotle based his observations on previous dramas.[1] Many of the most famous instances of tragic heroes appear in Greek literature, most notably the works of Sophocles and Euripides.
- ^ Aristotle, On Poetics, Ingram Bywater