The Tragic Man

The Tragic Man: (Darth Vador)
1. A Belief in His Own Freedom- I think Darth Vador is usually conflicted with the choices he makes. However even though I don't think he makes the right choices I think he might be unconsiously making them for the right reasons. For instance he turned to the dark side when given the choice, but he did it to protect his wife, someone he loves. Then again he did gain from this choice in a selfish way, because he became more powerful than he had ever hoped to become.
2. A Supreme Pride- Darth Vador is very proud of the fact he is so powerful. It makes him feel like no one can come within 100 miles of him. Without this power he would feel weak and fragile. Which is why he hangs on so tightly to it. This is proven when he dies at the end, because he lost his power.
3. Capacity for Suffering- He had to make the choice to leave his family or gain all the power he ever wanted. He had to live with that guilt with no escape from it. Which is why I think he kept trying to contact Luke. It was a tie to his past that he made the choice to give up. It was almost like a window into the past of what he could have had, but will never have the change to experience.
4. A Sense of Commitment- He chose to be on the dark side, because he wanted the power and to save his wife. It was a split-second decison that dedicated him for life to one force. This is proven for when he saves his son from the dark side, he dies.
5. Vigorous Protest- This is represented when Darth is fighting against Luke. Not because he wants to but because it is what is expected of him. He has to fight against himself to fight is son. But he uses all of his anger to direct it at Luke hoping it will shadow the pain of risking his own sons life.
6. Transfiguration- This moment to me was when Darth asks to see Luke in his own eyes. So he doesn't always have to remember his son through the eyes of someone he never was and never really wanted to be. He realizes this and wants to end his life in his own eyes not in the eyes that someone else gave to him.
7. Impact- In a way even though Darth turned evil he could still be considered to be a hero. If you think about it, yes he went to the dark side, but he was willing to come back for his son. Granted he never got the chance to because he died but I fully believe that if he had lived he would have gone back to the good side.