Tragic Hero Throughout Romeo and Juliet the tragedy written by William Shakespeare there are examples of tragic heroes. There are seven things needed to be a tragic hero, the character has to be of high rank, originally good, in a conflict, flawed, realize his error too late, become isolated, and produce a caratharis. The Friar in this play expresses and shows all of these traits, and therefore can be considered a tragic hero. The Friar …showed first 75 words of 640 total…

…showed last 75 words of 640 total…The Prince helps show the Friar’s pain by saying “For never was there a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”(V iii 309-310). Therefore the Friar has shown all of the seven traits needed to be a tragic hero and will be considered the tragic hero of this play. Others who could be considered tragic heroes are Romeo, Benvolio and Juliet. Justin Gonzalez Period 1 English 1 4/18/00 Bibliography My English Book