Ooh. Neat neat thread. Just to throw my 2 cents in (about a year too late, eh?), is not the classic definition of a tragic hero not only a tragic flaw, but also a realiztion, an epiphany, at the end of his life?
If this is indeed the case, then Denethor does not qualify. Boromir does, and how! Not sure about Feanor, not according to the textbook definition, at least, but really, if he's not tragic, who is?
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