By Abraham Ogbodo
The Aristotelian perspective defines the tragic hero as being
complete in all the indices of greatness, but lacking in an essential character
trait that makes all the difference. This is called the tragic flaw in literary
theory and criticism. But for this tiny character failure, which occasions the
tragedy, the tragic hero will have arrived safely at destination in the great
journey called life.
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| *President Buhari |
This was when tragedy was defined as the
exclusive experience of kings and princes. That definition changed with the
advent of the 20th Century American playwright and essayist, Arthur Miller, who
made every man (not only noble men) a tragic hero.
