Tony Montana And Aristotle's Theory Of A Tragic Hero

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Aristotle is one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He is known for his research in science and philosophy. He is also famous for his theory of a tragic hero. According to the readings and assignments in class, Aristotle defines tragic heros that has hamartia or an error that leads to his/her downfall,fall from high esteem, and accepts his/her fate with honor. Tony Montana and Aristotle’s tragic hero traits have a lot in common. Character traits include tragic flaws, falls from great heights of power, and heroic qualities. In addition to the character faces their fate and death with honor.
The movie that I chose for this essay is Scarface. The movie starts with a protagonist named Tony Montana, who started out in a refugee camp. He’s …show more content…

Throughout the movie, Tony was climbing his way up to wealth and power. He started out as a common refugee then making his way up to the head boss of a mafia organization. Tony’s failure to complete the job assigned from other mafia organization has lead to Tony’s death. This shows the rise and fall that Tony demonstrated in Scarface, He had it all, money, drugs and power. But his excessive greed for money and power got the best of him, and made him notorious. Thus his only option was to make a deal with other mafia organizations. Tony’s death was caused by his inability to assassinate the journalist.
Another Tragic hero trait that Tony demonstrated in Scarface is his heroic qualities. Throughout the movie it seems like all that Tony does are unlawful acts, such as killing and drugs. However Tony has his own code of conduct that has made him demonstrate heroic qualities. In the movie he saves his sister from having sex in the restroom from some stranger, and he tells Manny that he can’t date his sister. This shows Tony is overprotective when it comes to his sister, as he realizes that she is the most purest and innocent person in Tony’s

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