[spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce - Return of the Jedi (#3)

[Silktie]

(20-09-2011 01:39 PM)A Cousin Wrote:  But humour me here for a minute while I wax symbolic (you know you love it Silktie! ), to go with the Harry as a tragic hero idea, as is the form of Greek tragedy, he is a basically good man who made mistakes that then come back to bite him in the ass. Whatever goal he has to accomplish runs into road-blocks presented by fate, the gods or his own hamartia (or what is known as the "tragic flaw") gets in the way. All this leads to him having some sort of revelation and catharsis and ending in a reversal of fortune. In Harry's case, I think his hamartia would be his "sure moral sense". I thought it interesting that they used Nicholas Blake's words to Harry in 9.1 about his sure moral sense limiting him.

I don't know what you mean

But seriously, I really don't know what you mean? It's been a long and difficult day so perhaps my faculties are somewhat dimmed tonight. Are you saying that he will have to let go of his moral sense to achieve his goal? And what would his goal in this instance be?

I have a dreading feeling that we're going to end up with Harry having to choose between his son and his country - the thing he's fought all his life for. In that sense, for him to choose Sasha, he would have to let go of his sure moral sense. Or will he choose his country - and stay true to himself - and thus end up being a tragic hero because he sacrifices his son?