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THE SHAKESPEAREN TRAGIC HERO- A.C Bradley TRAGIC HERO- GREATNESS- usually re-ability grandeur 1. The hero, with Shakespeare, is a person of high degree or of public importance or sufferings are of an unusual kind. 2. The tragic hero with Shakespeare, then, need not be “good,” through generally he is “good” 3. He should have so much of greatness _____________________________________________________________________________________ TRAGIC FLAW- usually Pride (hamortia) (a “grand” weakness) 4. Others like…Lear, Macbeth…are built on the grand scale; and desire, passion or will attains in them a terrible force. 5. It is a fatal gift, but it carries with it a touch of greatness 6.
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