Grand Valley State University in Michigan says, Tragedy depicts the downfall of a noble hero or heroine, usually through some combination of hubris, fate and the will of the gods. The Tragic hero's powerful wish to achieve some goal inevitable encounters limits, usually those of human frailty (flaws in reason, hubris, society), the gods (through oracles, prophets, fate), or nature. Aristotle says that the tragic hero should have a flaw and/or make some mistake. The hero need not die are the end but he/she must undergo a change of fortune.
This Tragedy is concerning heroes in stories. Classic stories like the Odyssey or the Iliad, where the heroes are there to save the day but things simply don't go their way and in the end there is still a mess to clean up because nothing was resolved. Its unfortunate, its real, its life. Sometimes I believe that, humans can be tragic heroes. Tragedy is around every corner, many times we are prepared and overcome it, but not every time. There are times where is just keeps coming and coming and coming, relentlessly! And all we can to is keep, keeping on. There are tragedies that will take a lifetime to defeat, making success even that much more sweet, but there are also some that we enter into at the beginning of our life, and are still present when we leave. This doesn't make us failures, there is nothing wrong with us, this is life. Life deals out something new everyday. Whether we are prepared for it or not, it will come. The important thing is to remember that a hero is always known for succeeding in everything, but being the one who tried to succeed when there looked like there was no hope. We can be heroes, but simply trying.
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