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* Shelly "The Machine" Levene from ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]''. While he did rob the office of the most lucrative leads, and is a self-admitted bit of a slimy salesman, he only stole the leads because he was down on his luck and had a sick daughter to try and support. His final plea to Williamson even brings her up.
* Shylock from [[
* King Creon in [[
** Both Antigone ''and'' Creon are tragic heroes. The tragedy comes from the fact that both Creon and Antigone are right! Antigone is upholding one set of laws -- divine laws about family and the proper treatment of the dead -- and Creon is upholding a different set of equally valid ones -- about the supremacy of the state.
* Judas in ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''. He genuinely believes he is doing what is best for his people, is tortured by his decision throughout, and is eventually driven to suicide by guilt.
* The title character in Benjamin Britten's opera ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' -- an outcast fisherman who handles his apprentices, who are mere children, roughly and, through his callousness, probably have caused their deaths. But knowing that he is merely someone trying to survive, perhaps even prosper, in a hostile environment, that the town had organized a [[Torches and Pitchforks]] hunt against him, and that the childrens' deaths actually affects him greatly (he goes mad and commits suicide in the end), one cannot help but feel sad about him.
* Boris Godunov, from [[
* Verdi's ''Rigoletto''. Rigoletto is mean-spirited and murderous, but he does everything for the sake of his daughter. Also, he arouses our underdog sympathies.
* [[
* Brutus in Shakespeare's ''[[Julius Caesar (
* The eponymous ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
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