Lance Armstrong a Tragic Hero
Karen Espinoza & Rosa Santana
Achievements/Redeeming Qualities
*In 1991 he became the youngest US amateur cycling champion
*Raised 300,000 dollars for the lance armstrong foundation
*Won over cancer and started his own foundations
*He was famously known as the worlds best cyclist
Tragic Flaw
*His tragic flaw was deciding on taking drugs that he knew were illegal in to make himself better and getting all of his medals taken away.
*Also tarnishing his reputation/ disappointing his fans
Lance Armstrong Winning The Tour De France
Lance Armstrong Confessing To Oprah
Lance Armstrong during cancer treatment
Resources
*http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/8843635/lance-armstrong-says-sorry-livestrong-staff-report-says
APOLOGY
*He confessed on national television his ''wrong doing'' which was doing dope while competing
* this shows he is ready to deal with his consequence
Hamartia/ error in judgement
*stated in court that the government should have known he was ''doping'' , despite his many lies about it
also said in court he did the government and the country a favor by making U.S winners in several competition.
Not all is bad !!!
*The lance armstrong foundation raises a lot of money with people dealing with cancer.