Essay King American Litany Mrs. Director 4/19/05 Tragic Hero <Tab/>Authors have used tragic heroes through literature to spread their ideas of society. In the novel "The Great Gatsby" by Scott Fitzgerald a man with a dream puts the tragedy in tragic hero. Jay Gatsby possesses the three main characteristics of a tragic hero. Gatsby is noble, has a noble cause, and faces obstacles to reach his dream to ultimately be defeated. …showed first 75 words of 794 total…

…showed last 75 words of 794 total…end up dying. Gatsby can be seen as American hero as well but he is a tragic hero before he is American hero. He has all the characteristics of a tragic hero. He is an ideal tragic hero because he unlike others in other novels were within hands grasp of his dream. He was about to have it all, all that he wanted but then he was murdered and for something he did not do.