HW: Create your own tragic hero + infographic!

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HW: Create your own tragic hero + infographic! Illustrate (draw/create) and annotate (label) a tragic hero of your own! Must include 6-7 of the tragic hero traits and 1 tragic flaw Make it pretty so I can hang them up in the room Graded on effort and comprehension of tragic hero traits.

Example: Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader Tragic Flaw: Hubris and misplaced trust. Involves dramatic irony & struggles against his fate: Because #4-6 came out before #1-3, audiences know Anakin Skywalker is destined to become Darth Vader, yet he struggles against his fate. Develops deeper self-knowledge through suffering: Darth Vader realizes his mistakes and failures upon being ordered to kill his son, Luke Skywalker.