Are Heroes Always Tragic Characters?

F. Scott Fitzgerald believed heroes were tragic characters, no doubt a belief that was the expression of a post-World War I mentality: 







I don't agree. 



I can think of many heroes that do not lend themselves to a tragic interpretation of their lives. Or heroins. Think of Florence Nightingale, the 'Lady with the Lamp' because she made rounds of the wounded at night, during the Crimean War:









Or Mother Teresa of Calcutta, here with the poor: 







Both inspirational lives! And I'm sure there are many more...How about you, can you think of uplifting heroes that would never fit into a tragedy?



Thanks to Amanda Patterson for sharing this literary quote on Facebook.