Tragic figure

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A tragic figure is a virtuous and great characters whose actions and flaws lead to a downfall. In the books, Things fall apart, Antigone, and Of Mice and Men, various characters are portrayed as the tragic figure. However, George from Of Mice and Men, Creon from Antigone, and Okonkwo from Things Fall Apart, all show great signs of being the tragic figure and protagonist of the book they originate in. Each character has a hubris, a tragic flaw, an epiphany, and a tragic downfall leading to end of the novella.
George, a migrant worker, working on a ranch, is portrayed as the tragic figure or character in Of Mice and Men because of his hubris, epiphany, and overall downfall at the end of the book. In of Mice and Men, being a ranchman, George is very lonely because of the loss of family, friends and overall relationships. Because of this, George begins to have ambitious dreams about a dream ranch where him and his best friend Lennie would own their own ranch. This ambition and dream becomes George’s hubris, or blindness, which also is a motif throughout the book. Being caught up with this, he does not realize that Lennie is becoming more and more destructive. For example, Lennie kills Curley’s wife by accident in the barn. George is looked at as Lennie’s best friend and overall savior. Without George, Lennie would most likely have no job and suffer from extreme loneliness. George has an epiphany, pr a spiritual compromise, when he realizes how much trouble Lennie has caused. This also is the climax of the story and causes George’s downfall because he realizes that the only way Lennie will stop being destructive is to kill him, himself. This is happens to be Georges downfall because he is emotionally compromised in the sense that he ...

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Through these books, connections are easily made. But, in particular the two characters that are most alike are, Okonkwo, from Things Fall Apart, and Creon, the king of Thebes from Antigone. Both Okonkwo and Creon think highly of themselves which becomes their tragic flaw and therefore leads to their tragic downfall. Being the king of Thebes, and a highly looked upon clans member, both have a lot of self confidence. However, this self confidence leads them to make trouble for themselves. Furthermore, both Creon and Okonkwo have a harmartria and they come to their senses about what they've done to their village, and kingdom and themselves.
Overall, a tragic figure is a virtuous and great character whose actions lead to a great downfall. A tragic figure was portrayed in each of these three books. It was proved to be George, Okonkwo, and Creon.

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