Mercutio: The TRAGIC HERO When we think about a tragic hero, a tragic hero has the potential for greatness but is doomed to fail. He is trapped in a situation where he cannot win. He has some sort of tragic flaw and this flaw is what causes his ultimate demise and untimely death.

Directions:

In the chart below, identify examples from the story that demonstrate how Mercutio represents a tragic hero. Be sure to quote evidence from the text and explain how that evidence supports each of the four character traits. Your evidence needs to be in red and your explanation must be in blue.

Tragic Hero Character Trait
Trait 1

The tragic hero is introduced and his tragic flaw is exposed.

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Trait 2

The tragic hero’s flaw forces him to do something that is self-destructive.

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Trait 3

The tragic hero has an “epiphany” (a moment of self-realization) when he realizes that he cannot fix his flaw and that things can never go back to the way they were before.

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Trait 4

The tragic hero makes peace with his impending fate as he falls from grace, loses status, or dies

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question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals