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[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 6124

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Denise Rogers" <gypsycaine at y...> 
wrote:
> In the below scenario, Joywitch, would you also then classify our 
favorite
> ham as a classic tragic character?  Stealing people's memories and 
writing
> books with them as if they were your own is a very strong 
indication of a
> lack of esteem.  Wonder what Mr. Lockhart's childhood was like?

Hmmm.  I am probably the wrong person to ask; I have a pretty narrow 
vision of what makes a tragic character.  Dr. MM might see Lockhart 
as tragic, I have to say that I really dont.  A tragic character is 
generally one whose tragedy stems from circumstances beyond his/her 
control, compounded by his/her cowardly response

Lockhart makes a conscious decision to do what he did.  While you 
could psychoanalize just about anyone to try and show how nothing 
they did was their own fault, at some point IMHO people simply have 
to take responsibility for their own actions no matter how bad their 
childhoods were.  Therefore to me Lockhart is an instigator rather 
than a victim, although I certainly admit that the dividing line can 
be pretty thin and vague.

But Dr. MM and others might feel differently, and of course this all 
depends on your perspective.  For example, if you watch Oliver Stones 
movie *Nixon*, Stone portrays Nixon as a tragic character, and does a 
pretty convincing job of it.  Interesting, considering that I 
believe, and I think Stone pretty much believes too, that Nixon was a 
very evil and crazy man, not to mention a criminal.

Guilt/innocence/tragedy/evil are tough things to grapple with, so I 
will leave any further analysis to the heavy philosophical hitters 
like Peg.

--Joywitch