The Old man and The Sea By Hemingway

" The old man and the sea " fulfils most of these criteria of a tragedy.throughout the novel we see Santiago is showing heroic deeds.the boys manolin  calls him best fisherman.santiago calls himself "a strange old man"  with strength enough for a truly big fish,knowing many tricks and having 'resolution' .he is not ordinary Fisherman ,but a superb craftsman who knows his business through my and always practice it with great skill.
On the eighty fifth day Santiago rows far beyond the customary fishing area and he hooks ahuge Marlin. The account of Santiago's struggle  with the Marlin has tragic quality because of suffering of both  fish and fisherman.
From the very first day Santiago shows determination "Fish" he says "I will stay with you until I m dead" next he says " Fish ,I love you and respect you very much but I will kill you dead before this day ends"
His left hand becomes cramped,and the Marlin proves to bigger than he had thought it to be. He wishes to show to the Marlin what sort of a man he is.
Santiago kills big Marlin  .He fights heroically.there he speaks memorable and historic words " But man is not made for defeat, A man  can destroyed but not defeated "

Santiago experiences what is called an inner conflict. Having killed Marlin he ask himself whether he has committed sin.
The old man and the sea is remarkable tale of courage, endurance,pride, humility and death. it is especially like Greek tragedy in that as the hero fails and falls.thus old man and  the sea is a moving parable about the apotheosis of human soul, about humanity's struggle to survive in hostile world,it's passion to show grace under pressure.