He was an exceptional individual, as great as the son of God. However, as with all humans, he was capable of defeat. The only difference being, a tragic hero defeats himself with the power of his own hands. Gatsby’s admirable trait of having such strong idealistic notions rebound against him as a flaw, thus leading to his own downfall. But his greatness remained after his death and was alive within Nick, who was deeply affected and changed as a person at Gatsby’s expense. All tragic heroes must step down from their prestigious reign and succumb to their own defeat. Gatsby’s death was to be expected as soon as his tragic hero characteristics were revealed. By making Daisy his ultimate ideal on his own wish, Gatsby had nothing to live for besides Daisy and it was his misunderstanding that he could not see Daisy was temporal. It is true that a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything; but it is more true to say a man who stands for only one thing will fall with much more
He was an exceptional individual, as great as the son of God. However, as with all humans, he was capable of defeat. The only difference being, a tragic hero defeats himself with the power of his own hands. Gatsby’s admirable trait of having such strong idealistic notions rebound against him as a flaw, thus leading to his own downfall. But his greatness remained after his death and was alive within Nick, who was deeply affected and changed as a person at Gatsby’s expense. All tragic heroes must step down from their prestigious reign and succumb to their own defeat. Gatsby’s death was to be expected as soon as his tragic hero characteristics were revealed. By making Daisy his ultimate ideal on his own wish, Gatsby had nothing to live for besides Daisy and it was his misunderstanding that he could not see Daisy was temporal. It is true that a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything; but it is more true to say a man who stands for only one thing will fall with much more