Comments on: Tragic Heroes http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:07:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sixthperiod http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com/return-of-the-native/tragic-heroes/#comment-212 sixthperiod Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:52:57 +0000 http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com/tragic-heroes/#comment-212 I agree with Christine (is there anyone who wants to pass this class that would actually disagreee with her?) Clym is the only charcter who could pass off remotely as the tragic hero becuase he is the only one who had not only a "call to the journey", but also an "initiation", "rebirth", and "return". While one could argue for any character, stating they exhibit one of these qualifications, Clym encompasses all of them. So i guesss i have to stop hating him enough to write a heroic essay about him.- Janielle I agree with Christine (is there anyone who wants to pass this class that would actually disagreee with her?) Clym is the only charcter who could pass off remotely as the tragic hero becuase he is the only one who had not only a “call to the journey”, but also an “initiation”, “rebirth”, and “return”.

While one could argue for any character, stating they exhibit one of these qualifications, Clym encompasses all of them.

So i guesss i have to stop hating him enough to write a heroic essay about him.- Janielle

]]> By: sixthperiod http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com/return-of-the-native/tragic-heroes/#comment-185 sixthperiod Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:44:54 +0000 http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com/tragic-heroes/#comment-185 Haha, there's an edit button at the top tine... We could probably all argue each character as a tragic hero from one point or another. (Summarized) - Clym had good intentions but was blinded by passion - Wildeve could have been a good man if it weren't for his chronic indecisiveness - Thomasin was innocent and true, however extremely naive - Digory Venn was determined and moral but lacked confidence - Eustacia was proud and selfish, though she had a deep capacity to love. But I don't think anyone can say they honestly thought anyone was a hero at all...These characters are just too... human. ~ Jeremy Thompson ** ** Mr. Awesome Haha, there’s an edit button at the top tine…

We could probably all argue each character as a tragic hero from one point or another.

(Summarized)
- Clym had good intentions but was blinded by passion
- Wildeve could have been a good man if it weren’t for his chronic indecisiveness
- Thomasin was innocent and true, however extremely naive
- Digory Venn was determined and moral but lacked confidence
- Eustacia was proud and selfish, though she had a deep capacity to love.

But I don’t think anyone can say they honestly thought anyone was a hero at all…These characters are just too… human.

~ Jeremy Thompson **

** Mr. Awesome

]]> By: sixthperiod http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com/return-of-the-native/tragic-heroes/#comment-166 sixthperiod Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:14:33 +0000 http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com/tragic-heroes/#comment-166 That was christine That was christine

]]> By: sixthperiod http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com/return-of-the-native/tragic-heroes/#comment-165 sixthperiod Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:14:23 +0000 http://sixthperiod.wordpress.com/tragic-heroes/#comment-165 I think Hardy enjoyed writing a novel in which only one character, Clym Yeobright, could vaguely fit the qualifications of a tragic hero and then made Clym's character anything but heroic. I believe he purposely made the tragic hero ambiguous, because he thought that no character should fit a stereotype. As mentioned in other posts on the blog, no character is all good and no character is all bad. Diggory the closest to good is scheming and deceptive. Eustacia, the closest to bad, is passionate and eager to love. Hardy wanted no sterotypical tragic hero. I think Hardy enjoyed writing a novel in which only one character, Clym Yeobright, could vaguely fit the qualifications of a tragic hero and then made Clym’s character anything but heroic. I believe he purposely made the tragic hero ambiguous, because he thought that no character should fit a stereotype. As mentioned in other posts on the blog, no character is all good and no character is all bad. Diggory the closest to good is scheming and deceptive. Eustacia, the closest to bad, is passionate and eager to love. Hardy wanted no sterotypical tragic hero.

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