Tragic Hero Voicethread Presentation!

"A man cannot become a hero until he can see the

root of his own downfall." ~Aristotle
What is a tragic hero?
The tragic hero is a man of noble stature with outstanding quality and greatness about him
whose destruction, as a result of his own flaw, is for a greater cause or principle.

Common Characteristics of a Tragic Hero.

Noble birth or high standing (king, warrior, wealthy, etc).

Has a tragic flaw (known as hamartia)that eventually leads to his downfall.
Experiences a reversal of fortune brought about by the hero's tragic
flaw (called peripeteia).
His actions result in an increase of self-awareness and self-knowledge.
The audience must feel pity and fear for this character.

The hero's downfall is his own fault as a result of his own free choice, but his
misfortune is not entirely deserved, which allows the audience to feel sympathy or
pity. Some tragic flaws which result in such a downfall are: excessive pride
(hubris), excessive greed, excessive ambition, excessive love, etc

The modern-day tragic hero.

In the Modernist era (late 19th and early 20th century), a new kind of tragic hero was
created out of the definition of a "classical " tragic hero. The modern tragic hero can be
an "ordinary person," his or her tragic story may or may not result in a moment of
awareness or even catharsis for the tragic hero, and he or she may not even die! Death
can often be more metaphorical- as in isolation, imprisonment, loss, divorce, etc

Your Task! Create a visual and audio presentation to demonstrate

an understanding of the tragic hero through a modern example.
Essential Question: What real world problems create tragic heroes?

Step One: Choose a modern day tragic hero and fill out your
organizer using researched information.
Step Two: create a Voicethread account (you will need your email
from the beginning of the year). Go to www.voicethread.com . Write
down your information for Voicethread so you dont forget:
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Step Three: find images of your tragic hero that you might want to use to
visually show the story- you need at least 9. Think about storybooks, they

consist of text AND fitting images. You need images to fit with your story!
For each image SAVE THE URL to use for your WORKS CITED.

Step Four: Save images and URLs. FROM GOOGLE CHROME, RIGHT CLICK, COPY
IMAGE URL. Save your URLS to a word document, save as
LASTNAME.TRAGICHERO.WORKSCITED. Save each image to a folder on your drive.

Make a folder to
save your photos

Step Five: Narrate the story of your hero, to do this you will write a script
you will read from. It must explain all of the elements from your SCRIPT, write
your script so you can read from it- word for word- what you will say. Write
your scripts on lined paper, complete sentences!

Step Six: Make a title slide using PICMONKEY.COM.

This is a free online photo

editor. Make sure your title slide has your tragic heros name, your name, your class,
and the due date. Save this to the SAME folder as your other images.
Save

File name

Upload your image that you

chose for your title slide to
edit. When you click EDIT
PHOTO it will pull up a
window to open your image.
If NOT, choose OPEN from
the editing board.

Save to your
computer
Editing tools & options: Be sure to
add TEXT! Tragic heros name, your
name, class info, and due date.

Go find your
FOLDER

 Step Seven: upload images to VOICETHREAD. Log in, click CREATE, and
upload. You can upload every image at once by clicking SHIFT. You MUST
also upload your WORKS CITED.

Step Eight: Organize your images in the order you want them to
appear (drag and drop). Title slide must go first and works cited
(document) will be last.
Step Nine: mark your script to show what you will read on each
SLIDE.
Step Ten: Use the headphones to record your script on each
slide!

 Step Eleven: hit PUBLISHING OPTIONS at the bottom, click

anyone can view and anyone can comment. You May also want to
change playback options!

Step Twelve (we will do as a class): publish to your blog! Copy the
SHARE EMBED CODE (click share > copy the BIG code). Log in to your blog,
create a new post, switch the TAB to HTML, Title: Tragic Hero
Voicethread, TAG: Tragic Hero, hit PUBLISH! ***A Video is posted to

EDMODO with the assignment on how to embed to KIDBLOGS***

Copy the code then log in to

KIDBLOGS and start your
new post **see #12**
The link is on edmodo!!

SCRIPT
Title Slide (insert your picture from PICMONKEY)
Person of Status (describe the person, their role in
society, and why they are in a position of power):
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Hamartia/tragic flaw (IDENTIFY and describe your

tragic heros tragic flaw. What is it? How it is in
excess? How is it a tragic flaw?):
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Crisis (what crisis does the tragic flaw cause? Identify
the trigger/problem):
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Tragic Chain of Events (Identify and describe a series

of unfortunate repercussions as a result of the flaw):
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Reversal of Fortune (Identify and describe the loss

power/status/circumstance the tragic hero suffers):
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Self-Discovery (Identify and describe the

moment/how the tragic hero realizes the error of
his/her ways and how it impacted his/her life in a
bad way)
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Catharsis (Identify and describe how the tragic hero

creates sympathy/ Describe the OUTPOURING OF
EMOTION)
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Tragic Ending (Describe the tragic heros tragic
ending- death, isolation, imprisonment, etc)
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Conclusion (In conclusion, ___________________ is

a tragic hero because _______________)
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Credits (insert your word document with all of your source URLs)