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Non Fit Morte Miser: Pompey The Great as Aristotelian Tragic Hero in Lucan’s Bellum Civile .
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Abstract: Pompey’s character in Lucan’s Bellum Civile provokes the same emotions as the tragic hero. Like an Aristotelian tragic hero, Pompey is condemned by fate but also exhibits certain defects which lead to his defeat and murder. Lucan focuses on the flaws of indecision and ambition which contribute to the general’s fall from his illustrious position. Although Pompey is intellectually and morally imperfect after the Battle of Pharsalus, he shows signs of improvement in both respects. At his assassination, moreover, Pompey accepts his place within fate, faces death magnanimously, and carries on the resistance against Caesar even after death.
Title: Non Fit Morte Miser: Pompey The Great as Aristotelian Tragic Hero in Lucan’s Bellum Civile .
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Abstract: Pompey’s character in Lucan’s Bellum Civile provokes the same emotions as the tragic hero.
Like an Aristotelian tragic hero, Pompey is condemned by fate but also exhibits certain defects which lead to his defeat and murder.
Lucan focuses on the flaws of indecision and ambition which contribute to the general’s fall from his illustrious position.
Although Pompey is intellectually and morally imperfect after the Battle of Pharsalus, he shows signs of improvement in both respects.
At his assassination, moreover, Pompey accepts his place within fate, faces death magnanimously, and carries on the resistance against Caesar even after death.
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