The Tragic Hero of the Post-Classical Renaissance

Asuamah Adade-Yeboah; Adwoa S. Amankwaah

dc.contributor.author	Asuamah Adade-Yeboah; Adwoa S. Amankwaah
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-10T12:04:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-16T07:04:15Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-10T12:04:00Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-16T07:04:15Z
dc.date.issued	2017-11-10
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN 1923-1555
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/503
dc.description.abstract	English drama spearheaded by William Shakespeare, is dominated by the Post-Classical Renaissance. Pre- renaissance drama in England was essentially allegorical plays extolling Christian values. This paper therefore critically looks at how Shakespearean tragic hero is defined and portrayed. The paper, using textual analysis, provides extracts from William Shakespeare’s King Lear as the main text to present King Lear as tragic hero. The study shows that the post-classical renaissance period portrays the tragic hero on the basis of weakness of character and is different from the Aristotelian concept of tragedy as hamartia, a going wrong.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Shakespeare; Renaissance; Moral theory; King Lear	en_US
dc.title	The Tragic Hero of the Post-Classical Renaissance	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US