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Oedipus: The Tragic HeroEssay Preview: Oedipus: The Tragic HeroReport this essayJordan SteversonP. GarrettENC 11418 March 2017Oedipus: The Tragic HeroThere are many characteristics that complete Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero; these being the presence of hamartia and peripeteia, a sense of self-awareness, the audience’s pity for the character, and the hero is of noble birth..