What are the qualities of a Shakespearean tragic hero?
A Shakespearean tragic hero is basically a good man who falls from a high position. He has a particular flaw that leads to his downfall. This flaw is usually a characteristic typical of all men but one that is taken to extreme by the hero. This hero either dies or descends to tragedy. 2. There will be twenty-five quotes on your test. You will need to identify the speaker of this line of poetry. It is helpful to know who the characters are and what they are like. Click below each of the following to find out about each character.) Hamlet depressed suicidal clever sane/insane distrustful of women contemplative intellectual noble Claudius ambitious (at all costs) ruthless clever uses people to achieve his own ends repentant (about his brother’s murder–but only after the play within the play that indicates Claudius’s guilt) This repentance is slight, obviously, or he would have been able to complete his prayer, and he would not have been able to allow Gertrude to drink the poison. Gertrud
