Scholars Nicholas Delbanco and Alan Cheuse

Scholars Nicholas Delbanco and Alan Cheuse define a tragic hero as a "heroic protagonist who from the
beginning, because of some innate flaw in his character or some unforeseeable mistake, is doomed. The
inevitability of a tragic hero's demise inspires sympathy in the audience" (G-16).
According to this definition, who is the "better" tragic hero--Oedipus or Hamlet? Defend your choice using the
definition of tragic hero and examples from each play. Remember to use act, scene, and line numbers in your
parenthetical references when citing from the plays.
Anton Chekhov, The Boor [Farce]
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest [Comedy]
Susan Glaspell, Trifles [Realism This play is included in Chapter 6.]
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House [Realism]
William Shakespeare, Hamlet [Tragedy]
Sophocles, Oedipus the King [Tragedy]
James Joyce, Exiles or available as an audio file at https://librivox.org/exiles-by-james-joyce/ [tragicomedy]