bret hartTragic Hero
Justin Dudley Bret Hart: Wrestling With Shadows -Bret Hart as the archetypal Tragic Hero: The term "tragic hero" is often thrown around very loosely without any real understanding of what does and does not constitute the label. Bret Hart is the truest and most pure form of the Tragic Hero outside of Shakespeare since Richard M. ... The story of Bret Harts career is a story of epic proportions spanning from his meteoric rise to his eventual downfall. There are characteristics that every tragic hero has, and Bret fits the mold to an almost frightening proportion. ... Noble Stature: since tragedy involves the "fall" of a tragic hero, one theory is that one must have a lofty position to fall from, or else there is no tragedy (just pathos). For a period of three years, Bret Hart was on top of the wrestling world as the WWF Champion.