How does jake fit or not fit this description

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Question: Share with the class, in at least three paragraphs, your analysis of Jake LaMotta in terms of vices and virtures, as well as what defines a tragic hero. Please consider closely the dfinition found in the Week 2 Notes. How does jake fit or not fit this description? Was he ever a man of principle? Did he have any virtures? What are his vices? Could any of these be considered his tragic flaw? Could he have been a better man had he not given into his "demons"? How does Scorsese represented him in the film? Consider his final monolgue, for instance? What about DeNiro's portrayal of the character? Is it ever sympathetic? In your first paragraph state your thesis/argument and devote at least one or more paragraphs to his vices and one or more paragraphs to his virtues. In your replies, compare your classmates' assessments of LaMotta with your own, but as always, refrain from just agreeing, or reiterating what's already been said. You must add to the conversation.

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