A tragic hero is a character born to noble parents and is destined to encounter some sort of difficulty that will change his life. Phaedra definitely fits into these first two characteristics since she is the daughter of a king. At the beginning of the show, it is also mentioned that the women in his family always seem to go through hard times when it comes to love. His mother was cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with a bull and subsequently gave birth to the Minotaur who Theseus subsequently killed. His sister Ariadne had fallen in love with Theseus, but he had abandoned her on an island because he did not want to marry her. So it seems appropriate that Phaedra's love life is less than happiness and