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List of Famous Tragic Heroes

It includes The Doctor, but only links to an disambiguation page. Which ever Doctor it is talking about needs to be specifically stated in the link code, so when someone clicks on The Doctor it takes them directly to that particular Doctor not a disambiguation page. --The Virginian (talk) 12:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Some common traits characteristic of a tragic hentagonist, where" -What's a hentagonist? And what should it be replaced with? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.10.129.0 (talk) 05:38, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur Miller in intro list

I've removed Arthur Miller from the intro list of writers of tragedy, since, to my knowledge, he didn't ever explicitly refer to any of his plays as tragedies. He is more likely to have called them dramas, in the tradition of Henrik Ibsen, I believe. As the subsequent section in the article touches on, there is a critical tradition of reading his work in light of the tragic tradition, but with some reservations. DionysosProteus (talk) 12:10, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heracles...

Is Heracles really a tragic hero? If so explain. I do not think so because he does not have a hamartia and thus i think he should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by IPlayBbAll (talk • contribs) 21:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, his tragic flaw is wrath; the killing of his family is what led to his punishment of being assigned the 12 labors. By Aristotelian standards, the pathos has to be quite severe and make the sufferer realize the flaws inside themselves, but it does not have to lead inevitably to ruin or death - Jadams2484 (talk) 17:37, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, the article needs to be clarified to state as much - Jadams2484 (talk) 18:25, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing wordage

Using the word "error" in the opening paragraph leads readers to believe that the tragic hero has made a mistake. While its link to hamartia provides a very different connotation. Please clarify. 72.221.114.113 (talk) 08:21, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]