A Hero of Another Kind The tragic hero is usually not like an everyday person that is seen on the street. According to Aristotle's book, Poetics, four characteristics establish the essence of a tragic hero. This is very helpful in understanding why the tragic hero is a mediocre type of person. First of all the hero must belong to a distinguished family. Secondly he must be a-better-than average person. Next the hero must suffer from a flaw in his character or in his judgement otherwise known as hmartia. Finally he must undergo a transition of happiness to misery called peripeteia. In Euripides' tragedy, Medea, Medea can be classified as an atypical tragic hero. To follow Aristotle's four characteristics, Medea fits the first one. She does come from a well-distinguished family. Her father is King Aeetes. Medea is also a better-than-average per....

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