My Teacher wants me to write a research paper on a Hero. Now I have chosen my Hero, who is Ben Johnson as my Tragic Hero, but don't know how to start with a solid Introductory paragraph. A little help to get me started will be fine.
One idea is to start off defining what a tragic hero is. To be a tragic hero, a character must have certain qualities and characteristics. Make a connection between Ben Johnson and tragic hero by identifying these qualities in Ben Johnson. The reader may not know who Ben Johnson is, so you can also give a short bio on Ben Johnson. Avoid going too far in depth with Ben Johnson to have space to elaborate on later paragraphs.
1. a character must have certain qualities to be called a "tragic hero". Find the qualities. Discuss how a tragic hero is composed of these qualities. Then introduce Ben Johnson by connecting the qualities to Ben. Ben SHOULD share these tragic-hero-qualities since you're claiming that Ben Johnson is a tragic hero. It's not a compare. More of introducing Ben through the definition of tragic hero... if you get what I mean...
2. I mean a short bio as in define who he is. Use his life to claim that he indeed is a tragic hero.
Any questions? I'm not sure if I explained thoroughly.
