Show Me A Hero, And I Will Write You A Tragedy

He also testified that the tests done on the glove and Bronco were untrustworthy due to sloppy evidence handling. Henry Lee testified that blood swatches collected near the crime scene were left to dry overnight but the evidence showed a damp swatch ended up in Simpson's packaging.

Famous celebrities are loved and adored by people in society, but many of the celebrities we loved are now recognized as tragic heroes. Tragic heroes that started off amazing and ended up with a downfall like death, prison sentence or troublemaking due to alcohol and drugs. One of these well known celebrities are O.J. Simpson is considered a tragic hero. The talented football sensation Orenthal J. Simpson is a tragic hero because he was known to be violent and made bad choices, leading to accusations of murder.

Soon later the police finally picked up enough evidence to get a warrant for his arrest. Simpson and his lawyer Robert Shapiro both agreed that he will turn himself in at 10:00 am on June 17. Simpson didn’t go at the time he was given so the policemen and Robert Shapiro went to Simpsons home and discovered that he disappeared and left a letter saying "Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends. Please think of the real O. J. and not this lost person.  Thanks for making my life special. I hope I helped yours. Peace and love, O. J." (Linder). Policemen and his lawyer thought it was a suicide letter. Until someone in Orange County saw Simpson riding a white bronco and immediately called the police. Only a couple of minutes later police cars and helicopters were chasing him, they followed Simpson all the way to his front gate of his house. Policemen saw that he was wearing a fake beard and had $8,750 in cash, loaded gun, and a passport, days later he was on his first day of the trial. On Tuesday, Jan 24, 1995 was the first day of the trial, Judge Lance Ito open to the people in the courtroom that he will be expecting to see some good lawyering skills for the case. Christopher Darden who open the trial said that Simpson was and abusive and a jealous husband to Nicole B. Simpson.

The Tragic Hero and the Tragic Story in William Shakespeare's Writing Shakespeare's tragedies are, for the most part, stories of one person,

In the article,”The Lizzie Borden Case”, paragraph 3 says,”A few days before the murders, Lizzie bought prussic acid, a poison, saying she needed to kill rats. A friend reportedly found Lizzie burning a dress at the kitchen stove a few days after the slayings; she said she had spilled paint on it.” This leads us to believe that she may have been burning the evidence. Was she destroying incriminating evidence? No one would burn a dress even if there was paint on it. In a similar way, there is circumstantial evidence against OJ Simpson. In paragraph 2, in “Case Study: OJ Simpson”, it states,”Detective Mark Fuhrman reported finding a bloody glove at the crime scene as well as a matching glove outside OJ’s home...noticed his bandaged hand and began questioning him…” OJ Simpson’s bandaged hand and the bloody glove at the crime scene and its pair at OJ’s mansion lead us to comprehend that OJ is guilty. Did OJ forget to cover up the evidence because he was in a hurry? Did OJ hurt or injure his hand because Ron Goldman put up a fight to defend himself and Nicole? Yes, some may argue that when he tried on the gloves, they didn’t fit, but how can we be sure that he did that on purpose? He could have been acting or pretending that the gloves didn’t fit by stretching out his fingers. After all, he did have a career in acting. Therefore, the evidence still

First of all, Oj simpson was a lot of things like a actor, nfl football player, broadcaster and a spokesman. However everyone thought he was nice and did not seem mean but he had not a good side. He was a really good football player. Oj simpson was accused of murdering Nicole brown simpson but then a jury later found him not guilty.

“Show me a hero, and I will write you a tragedy” (qtd in “O.J. Simpson”). This quote written by F. Scott Fitzgerald perfectly depicts the fate of O.J. Simpson after he was accused and acquitted of the double murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman on the night of June 12, 1994. O.J. Simpson was born and raised in San Francisco, California where his mother worked as an orderly in a psychiatric ward and his father as a porter in a private club. O.J. Simpson was one of the most sought after football players of all time. Not only was he loved on the football field by millions, but also off the field where he was welcomed with open arms by virtually any group of people. Everybody thought that after O.J. retired from the game of football that they would not see much of him anymore, but they were wrong, the opposite occurred. Simpson’s career flourished in 1983 when he signed a contract with ABC and appeared in multiple movies, television shows, and advertisements, boosting his career to an all time high, he was on top of the world. His life began to take a nosedive when he was convicted of Spousal Battery of his second wife, Nicole Brown Simpson in 1989. Shortly after this altercation, O.J. and Nicole filed for divorce. They rekindled their romance in March of 1994, but quickly called it quits once again in May. On a seemingly quiet Sunday in June things took a turn for the worst. On June 12, 1994 Simpsons ex-wife Nicole and

In other words, they have society learn from its mistakes to prevent a tragedy from happening. Tragic heroes do this by bringing awareness to other people. Some people may think society does not need tragic heroes to have their initial intent have a dire outcome, but having the opposing view that tragic heroes are needed, they serve as role models for the society to learn from the tragic heroes' mistakes. Two great examples of real-life tragic heroes who prevented tragedies from happening within a society were Andrew Jackson and Robin Williams. Andrew Jackson is seen as a tragic hero because he was a memorable war hero but also a cruel president. His single tragic flaw came through as his ignorance of sending people on the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson stood as a role model to teach society and have them learn from his own mistakes as a leader. Also, Robin Williams is portrayed as a tragic hero for his success in acting and comedy but also for his tragic flaw of his depression. A site wrote, “‘...Racked by depression, paranoia and anxiety…’” (Susan). By giving people lifetime enjoyment and entertainment, Robin really made an impact on society by being a role model to and to show his mistake of letting depression take his life. Society needs people like him to show what bad decisions can lead to and to bring

Tragic Greek dramas featured tragic heroes, mortals who suffered incredible 
losses as a result of an inescapable fate or bad decisions. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is a character, usually of high birth, which is pre-eminently great, meaning they are not perfect, and whose downfall is brought about
 by a tragic weakness or error in judgment. The three Greek heroes Oedipus, Medea and Agamemnon, who each killed a member of their family, carry most of the qualities that make up a tragic hero: being of noble birth, being surrounded by an extraordinary circumstance, and gaining self-awareness or some kind of knowledge through their downfall. There is an important need for the audience to identify with the Aristotelian hero through

A possible theme for Oedipus the King by Sophocles is that one’s blindness can hide the inevitability that is his destiny. Oedipus is in this situation. He struggles to escape his fate: killing his father and marrying his mother and believes he is successful. Sophocles believes that the gpds control one’s destiny and the inevitability that a person will do what is destined despite there hero’s intentions.Oedipus represent the standards of a true tragic hero: he is well known, basically good, his punishment is out of proportion compared to his crime, the audience at some point feels sorrow and pity for him, and Oedipus has a tragic flaw. During the whole story Oedipus thinks that he may be able to change his fate a live life how he wants but he falls to that which is his destiny.For these reason Oedipus is truly an example of a tragic hero and is unable to avoid his tragic fate.

In the Poetics, Aristotle provides an outline of how the artist is to portray or represent the perfect Tragedy. A Tragedy, of course, was nothing more than a drama, in which the characters appeared "better" than in real life (in a comedy, they appeared "worse," according to Aristotle). Aristotle's Poetics makes several references to other dramatic works to illustrate his points, but he most commonly calls upon The Odyssey to support his argument for how a dramatic structure should be designed. However, along with the Odyssey, Aristotle extensively references Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Both poetic works were enormously popular in their time (the former had been passed down orally for generations, and the latter won the top prizes at the dramatic festivals). Therefore, Aristotle is comfortable using both to support his viewpoint concerning Tragedy and the Tragic Hero. This paper will analyze the standards that Aristotle sets out concerning the definition of the Tragic Hero and show how Sophocles' Oedipus exemplifies Aristotle's definition of a Tragic Hero.

have been many fallen heroes who have been key subjects to be known in essence as

Popular descriptions of Alexei Karenin label him as a cold and passionless government official who doesn’t care about his wife or family. Indeed, he is viewed as the awful husband who is holding Anna hostage in a loveless marriage. However, this is a highly exaggerated description, if not completely false, analysis of Karenin. Upon careful analysis of Karenin’s character and his actions, it is clear that he is not the person Anna makes him out to be. In fact, with thorough examination of the passage on pages 384 and 385 of Anna Karenina, it is clear that Alexei Karenin can be considered the hidden tragic hero of the novel.

William Shakespeare, born in the year 1564, is often considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, writer in the English language. His works range from ingenious poems, such as Fear No More, to plays, such as The Tragedy of Othello. In The Tragedy of Othello, Shakespeare details the story of a celebrated military hero who falls victim to the machinations of a conniving villain who goes by the name of Iago. In his play, he portrays Othello like a tragic hero, a type of literary character. A tragic hero has many characteristics, 3 of them being that they must have an error in judgement, they must have a reversal of fortune, and they must recognize that the reversal of fortune was brought about by their own actions. Furthermore, they must also have a fatal flaw, that eventually leads to their downfall. Othello demonstrates all of these characteristics in the play, proving him to be a tragic hero. Othello makes an error in judgement, which leads to his change in fortune, and later realizes that his actions are what caused said change in fortune.

According to Aristotle’s theory of tragedy, tragedies are best equipped to be based on a protagonist that is renowned and prosperous, so his good fortune can be dramatically changed. In contrast, Arthur Miller’s essay “Tragedy and the Common Man” states “that the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings ever were.” He proves in his modern essay that the characteristics and emotions of the common man and the highly placed are entitled to be similar. Miller even identifies emotions of a average person and how they result in a better tragedy than those who are highly ranked. In his play “Death of Salesman” he demonstrates that the normal life of a sales man can still make for a great tragedy and that his protagonist, Willy Loman, is worthy of a tragedy.